Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Awardees

1999 – Rev. H.H. Fletcher*/ Mr. Morris Richardson*
2000 – Mr. Waverly Jefferson / Dr. George Roberts*
2001 – Mr. Thomas Hendricks*
2002 – Mrs. Lois Gardner*(Post.) / Mr. J.C. Higgins, Sr.*(Post.)
2003 – Mr. Robert Dixon*/ Mrs. Lila Lloyd
2004 – Ms. Mary Ruth Rhodenbaugh / Mr. Dennis Edwards*(Post.)
2005 – Mrs. Faye Gordon
2006 – Mr. John Smith III*
2007 – Mr. Traversia Viola*/ Mrs. Katherine Viola*
2008 – Mr. Renard Thomas* / Mrs. Evelyn Moore*
2009 – Mr. Frank Fields* / Mr. Thomas Lemon*(Post.)
2010 – Ms. Cassie Johnson
2011 – Dr. L.C. Dews
2012 – Elder Roland Hendricks
2013 – Mr. Frank Petteway* / Ms. Vicki Ennis*
2014 – Mrs. Loretha Marshall-Edison
2015 – Mr. Samuel Williams*
2016 – Mrs. Sharon Barnes / Mrs. Norma Garcia
2017 – Mr. Dail Ballard*
2018 – Mr. Earl Shipp
2019 – Mrs. Theresa Jackson* / Mrs. Carolyn Johnson
2020 – Mr. Lewis “Phil” Robertson
2021 – Pastor Gerald R. Holland, Sr.
2022 – Mr. Terry Gordon
2023 – Ms. Dorothy Thomas / Rev. Samuel Nelson
2024 – Ms. Wanda Buckner
2025 – Mrs. Lizz Bates
2026 – Mrs. Amber Newman 

*Deceased