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Sojourner Truth Award

Sojourner Truth is our National Mentor. The Sojourner Truth Award is the highest recognition offered by the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. The New Metro Club presents this award to a woman who has given outstanding community service and whose life and work parallel that of the preacher, abolitionist and lecturer--Sojourner Truth. The award is a symbolic reminder of the endless effort which freedom demands. In this modern era, that parallel may be found in looking at the determination, wisdom, and societal contributions of the Black Woman. 

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Past Recipients:

  • 1973     State Representative Alma Stallworth

  • 1974     Mable R. Willis

  • 1975     Clara Jones

  • 1976     Council President Erma Henderson

  • 1977     Lillian Benbow

  • 1978     Rosa Parks

  • 1979     Jane Johnson

  • 1980     Beverly Payne

  • 1981     State Representative Daisy Elliot

  • 1982     Doris Briscoe

  • 1983     Rev. Ruth M. Mosley

  • 1984     Marie Farrell Donaldson

  • 1985     Carmen Harlan

  • 1986     Honorable Anne Taylor-Diggs

  • 1987     Rita Griffin

  • 1988     Brenda Rayford

  • 1989     Oddie Anderson

  • 1990     Delores Bennett

  • 1991     Rev. Ann Johnson

  • 1992     Joann Watson

  • 1993     Sarah Morgan

  • 1994     Naomi "Faith" Williams

  • 1996     Brenita Crawford

  • 1997     Monica Gilliam

  • 1998     Rev. Dr. Jessica K. Ingram

  • 1999     Dr. Alexa Canady

  • 2000     Rev. Wilma R. Johnson

  • 2001     Sharon McPhail

  • 2002     Dr. Sandra Taylor Brown

  • 2003     Barbara J. Latimer

  • 2004     Alberta Tinsley-Talabi

  • 2005     Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS

  • 2006     Sandra A. Coleman

  • 2007     Patricia A. Cole

  • 2008     Dr. Kimberly Meeks

  • 2009     Dr. Glenda Price

  • 2010     Dr. Viola Vaughn

  • 2011     Dr. Deborah Smith Pollard, Ph.D

  • 2012     Maude "Mother" Blue

  • 2013     Wanda Evans

  • 2014     Antonette McIIwain

  • 2015     Dr. Peggy Richardson

  • 2016     Brenda Lawrence

  • 2017     Alice G. Thompson

  • 2018     Evelyn "Miss Pee Wee" Richardson

  • 2019     Ruby D. Washington

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