The Ruby Sutton Award
In 1989, Ruby Sutton received the NAACP First Humanitarian Award, which was later renamed the “Ruby Sutton Award” in her honor. The Ruby Sutton Award exists to exemplify everything that Ruby stood for such as: positive civic engagement, equality for all, and the fight for racial justice and poverty. It is an honor to receive the Ruby Sutton Award, here are the previous recipients:
1989- Ruby Sutton
1990- Gail Weitz
1991- Jack Hanson
1992- Ernestine Moss
1993- Sister Mary Lee Cox
1994- Suzann O’Connor
1995- Evelyn Jackson
1996- Thom Determan
1997- Ruth Clark
1998- Jan Gleichner/ Gretel Winterwood
1999- Hazel O’Neil
2000- Kathy Williams
2001- Raydora Drummer/Melvin Moss
2002- Ruth Scharnau
2003- Kate Zanger
2004- Cammie Dean
2005- Kelly Larson
2006- Dr. Kris Hall
2007- S. Inez Turnmeyer
2008- Amy Ressler
2009- Janice Craddieth
2010- Dr. Dan Johnson
2011- Sister Corrine Murray
2012- Anthony Allen
2013- Dr. John Whalen
2014- Claudette Bees
2015- Dr. Donna Loewen
2016- Ernest Jackson
2017- Tom LoGuidice & R.R.S. Stewart
2018- Sue Wilson
2019- Rev. Tim Bees
2020- Peggy Jackson
2021- Father Dan Knepper
2022- WILL IT BE YOU?
*Thank you all for your hard work in upholding and carrying out the principles/initiatives of the NAACP Dubuque Branch!
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