| Black Leadership Forum’s Seventh Annual Lamplighter Awards Gala | 
Elaine R. Jones
& Rev. Walter Fauntroy | 
Eddie V. Williams, President,
Joint Center for Politicaland
Economic Studies and Mrs. Williams | 
Gay J. McDougall &
National Council of Negro Women,
Inc.’s Cheryl Cooper |
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Leading Lights
Four hundred dignitaries from around thecountry gathered on the Roof Terrace of theKennedy Center for the Black LeadershipForum's Seventh Annual LamplighterAwards Gala. The Feb. 11 event celebrated theaccomplishments of five well-known individualsfor their contribution to the success, progress,and moral strength of America. The evening'shonorees: Roger W. Wilkins (LeadershipAward), Elaine R. Jones (The Joseph E. LoweryLamplighter Award for Equity and Justice),Derrick A. Bell, Jr. (Civil Rights Award), GayJ. McDougall (Human Rights Award), andRamona H. Edelin (the M. Carl HolmanLamplighter Award for Leadership).
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Shvanise Washington, BLF National Gala Chair, E.W. Cromatie& Dr. Ramona H. Edelin | 
Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Rev. Edward Leftwich, Dr. YvonneScruggs-Leftwich and Percy E. Sutton | |
Tamara Moore & Rita Green | 
Prof. Roger W. Wilkins
& PBS Newshour’s Kwame Holman | |
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