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Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Speakers
- 1987
- Dick Gregory, Comedian and political activist
- 1988
- John Lewis, Congressman from Georgia
- 1989
- Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. and leader of the Southern Christian Leadership (SCLC)
- 1990
- Dr. Mary Berry
- 1991
- Rev. Tyrone Crider
- 1992
- Dr. James Cone
- 1993
- Ms. Naomi Tutu
- 1994
- Dr. George Subira
- 1995
- Dr. Micheal E. Dyson, Professor, Communications Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1996
- Dr. Michael K. Honey
- 1997
- Shirley Chisholm, Former United States Representative
- 1998
- Myrlie Evers-Williams, Chair, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and widow of Medgar Evers
- 1999
- Manning Marable, Historian and author; Professor at Columbia University
- 2000
- David Dinkins, Former mayor of New York City
- 2001
- Harman Boone, Former football coach; inspiration for “Remember the Titans”
- 2002
- Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Fisrt African American woman to be US Surgeon General
- 2003
- Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles, Pastor at Monumental Baptist Church, Memphis and was with Martin Luther King, Jr. during last hour
- 2004
- Franklin McCain, One of Greensboro Four
- 2005
- Julian Bond, Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and former Georgia senator
- 2006
- Angela Davis, Professor at University of California at Berkley, member of the Black Panthers, political activist and 1960’s radical
- 2007
- Rev. Dr, Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Activist
- 2008
- Bernice A. King, Attorney, mediator and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 2009
- Rev. Al Sharpton,
- 2010
- Dr. Mae Jemison
- 2011
- Dr. Terrence Roberts
- 2012
- Elaine Brown
- 2013
- Dick Gregory
- 2014
- Jeff Johnson
- 2015
- Sonia Sanchez
- 2016
- Dr. Julianne Malveaux
- 2017
- DeRay McKesson
- 2018
- Payton Head
- 2019
- Ilyasah Shabazz
- 2020
- Natalie Warne
- 2021
- Held virtually due to COVID-student panel-Edmond Gayton from UNCG, Arthur Claiborne from N.C. A&T, and Mariam Sheriff from Guilford College