April 4th Foundation Events
10th Annual Commemorative Awards Banquet
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I AM A MAN AWARD
OPEN DOOR AWARD |
The April 4th Foundation, Inc. 10th Annual Commemorative Awards Banquet April 4, 2010 6:30 pm
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Awards and Recognitions
The Foundation provides recognition through the issuance of awards to acknowledge and promote excellence in the field of economic justice and equality as Dr. King dreamed.
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The I AM A MAN Award®
This award is presented to those individuals who continue to strive to keep Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Dream” alive and to bring it into being
The I AM A MAN Award® was trademarked by the Foundation in 2003.
Past recipients of this prestigious award:
Congressman Harold Ford Sr., Judge Joe Brown, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, The Rev. Joseph Lowery (SCLC), President William (Bill) Clinton, Congressman John Lewis, Mr. William (Bill) Lucy (AFSCME), Congressman John Conyers, and Mr. Harry Belafonte.
The Open Door Award
Based on 2nd Corinthians 2:12, the Open Door award is given to persons who have ‘opened doors’ for others. Starting in 2000, this award provides a way to recognize the work of those paving the way to the realization of the “Dream.”
