The Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship recognizes a Boston College junior who has demonstrated superior academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the African American community and African American issues both on and off campus.

Scholarship recipients

Date

Recipients

Speaker

News

2/22/22Kudzai KapururaDr. Donald Brown Ed.D., Founder & President of Brown & Associates Education and Diversity Consulting, and Director of 自慰视频's Office of AHANA Student Programs, 1978-2005自慰视频 News February 2022
听2/16/21听听Latifat OdetundeDr. M. Shawn Copeland, Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology and African and African Diaspora Studies, Boston College自慰视频 News February 2021
听2/6/20听听Shakalah ThompsonDavid R. Williams, the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard University自慰视频 News February 2020
听2/19/19听听Thair BrownVincent Rougeau,听Dean of Boston College Law School自慰视频 News February 19, 2019
2/1/18Anthony SmithL'Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, Boston自慰视频 News February 15, 2018
2/15/17Akosua Opokua-AchampongLinda Dorcena Forry, Senator of Massachusetts representing the 1st听Suffolk District自慰视频 News February 15, 2017
2/16/16Chiamaka OkorieRev. Gregory Carl Chisholm, S.J., Pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo/Resurrection Chapel in the Archdiocese of New York自慰视频 News February 24, 2016
2/17/15Cai ThomasValerie D. Lewis-Mosley 鈥�79, Director of religious education at the Church of Christ the King in Jersey City, NJ and Vice President of the Social Justice Committee of Jersey City
自慰视频 Chronicle March 12, 2015
2/8/14Patience MarksJohn H. Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
2/4/13Philip McHarrisDr. Clayborne Carson, Ronnie Lott Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University自慰视频 Chronicle February 14, 2013
2/10/12Sandra DicksonCharles J. Ogletree, Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice自慰视频 Chronicle February 16, 2012
2/15/11Angela DonkorRev. Dr. Evan C. Hines, Boston College Graduate '90自慰视频 Chronicle March 3, 2011
2/3/10Catherine DuarteSettie Warren, Boston Colege Graduate '93, was President of the UG自慰视频 and currently, first African American elected to the position of Mayor of the City of Newton Mass.自慰视频 Chronicle February 24, 2010
2/11/09Gerrel OlivierWalter C. Carrington, former Ambassador to Nigeria and to Senegal自慰视频 Chronicle February 26, 2009
2/12/08Eric Asuo-ManteAndrea J. Cabral '81, Sheriff of Suffolk County听
2/13/07Jacqueline GrantStephen J. Pemberton '89, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Monster.com自慰视频 Chronicle
March 1, 2007
2/15/06Alexandria BradshawNancy E. Norman, Director, Boston Public Health Commission听
2/23/05Chikaelo IbeabucciJ. Keith Motley, Interim Chancellor, University of Massachusetts-BostonChikaelo Ibeabucci and Father Leahy
2/17/04Helina TeklehaimanotRev. Allen Dwight Callahan, Baptist Minister and Former B.C. Theology Faculty Member, now in Brazil自慰视频 Chronicle
March 4, 2004
3/13/03Roderkick L. CareyRev. J. Glenn Murray, SJ., Director of the Diocese of Cleveland's Office for Pastoral Liturgy.听
2/19/02Rufus L. Caine IIIReverend Calvin 0. Butts III, D. Min., Pastor Abyssinan Baptist Church, NY, NY听
2/13/01Tiffany GriffinJanet Helms, Professor, Counseling/Dev/Psych,Lynch School of Education听
2/9/00Alvin BarnettRev. Michael Louis Pfleger, Pastor, Preacher, Parent, Lecturer, ActivistAlvin Barnett with Father Leahy
2/9/99Saya HillmanRev. Dr. Ray Hammond, Pastor, Betherl A.M.E. Church听
2/11/98Alison HarriottJoseph A. Brown, S.J., Author, Consultant, Lecturer听
2/11/97Simeon BureschRev. Michael Haynes, Pastor, Twelfth Baptist Church and friend of MLK听
2/20/96Rizwan JamalDarcel Clark, First MLK Scholarship RecipientRizwan Jamal and Father Monan
2/15/95Leonardine A. PacombeJulianne Malveaux, Ph.D., Eonomist, Author, Syndicated Columnist听
2/2/94Okey MbawuikeTBA听
2/2/94Nancy JosephRalph Wiley, Author, Journalist, Lecturer听
2/10/93Sandra Jean-LouisTBA听
2/10/93Natasha GriggerDelores E. Cross, Ph.D., President, Chicago State Univ.自慰视频 Chronicle
February 18, 1993
2/12/92Nique HenryJulian Earls, Director, Health Services NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH自慰视频 Chronicle
February 18, 1993
2/11/91Lucia ThomasRev. Samuel Proctor, Pastor, Abyssinan Baptist Church, NY, NY听
3/21/90Candace (Candi) N. NicholsRep. John Lewis, GA Representative, Civil rights activist听
2/15/89Raymond SykesMary Francis Berry, U.S. Civil Rights CommissionerRaymond Sykes Article
2/22/88France Kevin BowersMarie Gadsen, Deputy Director, Nat'l Assn. Equal Employment听Opportunity in Higher Ed., Oxfam America Bd. of Trustees自慰视频 BiWeekly
2/1/87No award given.
Carlos Brito, Donna Graham, and Gaylord Taylor received special recognition		Lorraine Hale, Executive Dir., Hale House (a NYC center for drug-addicted infants)自慰视频 Biweekly
February 26, 1987
Gaylord Taylor Article
2/24/86Maritza SkeltonHassan Minor, Managing Director, The Corp. for BostonMaritza Skelton Article
2/25/85Maya HandwerkMartin Luther King, IIIMaya Handwerk Article
2/1/84Francois DumontRep. Saundra Graham, MA State RepresentativeFrancois Dumont Article
2/1/83Stephanye A. ReddRobert Drinan, S.J., Former Congressman, Boston College Law School Dean, 1956-70自慰视频 Biweekly
February 3, 1983
2/2/82Darcel ClarkWayne Budd, Attorney, Boston College Bd. of Trustees自慰视频 Biweekly
February 4, 1982
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