The Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship recognizes a Boston College junior who has demonstrated superior academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the African American community and African American issues both on and off campus.

Scholarship recipients

Date

Recipients

Speaker

News

2/19/24Julie Canuto-DepinaDr. Philip McHarris ā€™14, Assistant Professor,ĢżFrederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies, University of RochesterĻć½¶Šć News February 2024
2/21/23Maria ā€œChristieā€ LouisDr.ĢżAlex L. Pieterse,ĢżDirector, Institute for the Study of Race and Culture, Associate Professor,ĢżLynch School of Education and Human DevelopmentĻć½¶Šć News February 2023
2/22/22Kudzai KapururaDr. Donald Brown Ed.D., Founder & President of Brown & Associates Education and Diversity Consulting, and Director of Ļć½¶Šć's Office of AHANA Student Programs, 1978-2005Ļć½¶Šć News February 2022
Ģż2/16/21ĢżĢżLatifat OdetundeDr. M. Shawn Copeland, Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology and African and African Diaspora Studies, Boston CollegeĻć½¶Šć News February 2021
Ģż2/6/20ĢżĢżShakalah ThompsonDavid R. Williams, the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard UniversityĻć½¶Šć News February 2020
Ģż2/19/19ĢżĢżThair BrownVincent Rougeau,ĢżDean of Boston College Law SchoolĻć½¶Šć News February 19, 2019
2/1/18Anthony SmithL'Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, BostonĻć½¶Šć News February 15, 2018
2/15/17Akosua Opokua-AchampongLinda Dorcena Forry, Senator of Massachusetts representing the 1stĢżSuffolk DistrictĻć½¶Šć News February 15, 2017
2/16/16Chiamaka OkorieRev. Gregory Carl Chisholm, S.J., Pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo/Resurrection Chapel in the Archdiocese of New YorkĻć½¶Šć News February 24, 2016
2/17/15Cai ThomasValerie D. Lewis-Mosley ā€™79, Director of religious education at the Church of Christ the King in Jersey City, NJ and Vice President of the Social Justice Committee of Jersey City
Ļć½¶Šć Chronicle March 12, 2015
2/8/14Patience MarksJohn H. Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
2/4/13Philip McHarrisDr. Clayborne Carson, Ronnie Lott Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford UniversityĻć½¶Šć Chronicle February 14, 2013
2/10/12Sandra DicksonCharles J. Ogletree, Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and JusticeĻć½¶Šć Chronicle February 16, 2012
2/15/11Angela DonkorRev. Dr. Evan C. Hines, Boston College Graduate '90Ļć½¶Šć Chronicle March 3, 2011
2/3/10Catherine DuarteSettie Warren, Boston Colege Graduate '93, was President of the UGĻć½¶Šć and currently, first African American elected to the position of Mayor of the City of Newton Mass.Ļć½¶Šć Chronicle February 24, 2010
2/11/09Gerrel OlivierWalter C. Carrington, former Ambassador to Nigeria and to SenegalĻć½¶Šć Chronicle February 26, 2009
2/12/08Eric Asuo-ManteAndrea J. Cabral '81, Sheriff of Suffolk CountyĢż
2/13/07Jacqueline GrantStephen J. Pemberton '89, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Monster.comĻć½¶Šć Chronicle
March 1, 2007
2/15/06Alexandria BradshawNancy E. Norman, Director, Boston Public Health CommissionĢż
2/23/05Chikaelo IbeabucciJ. Keith Motley, Interim Chancellor, University of Massachusetts-BostonChikaelo Ibeabucci and Father Leahy
2/17/04Helina TeklehaimanotRev. Allen Dwight Callahan, Baptist Minister and Former B.C. Theology Faculty Member, now in BrazilĻć½¶Šć Chronicle
March 4, 2004
3/13/03Roderkick L. CareyRev. J. Glenn Murray, SJ., Director of the Diocese of Cleveland's Office for Pastoral Liturgy.Ģż
2/19/02Rufus L. Caine IIIReverend Calvin 0. Butts III, D. Min., Pastor Abyssinan Baptist Church, NY, NYĢż
2/13/01Tiffany GriffinJanet Helms, Professor, Counseling/Dev/Psych,Lynch School of EducationĢż
2/9/00Alvin BarnettRev. Michael Louis Pfleger, Pastor, Preacher, Parent, Lecturer, ActivistAlvin Barnett with Father Leahy
2/9/99Saya HillmanRev. Dr. Ray Hammond, Pastor, Betherl A.M.E. ChurchĢż
2/11/98Alison HarriottJoseph A. Brown, S.J., Author, Consultant, LecturerĢż
2/11/97Simeon BureschRev. Michael Haynes, Pastor, Twelfth Baptist Church and friend of MLKĢż
2/20/96Rizwan JamalDarcel Clark, First MLK Scholarship RecipientRizwan Jamal and Father Monan
2/15/95Leonardine A. PacombeJulianne Malveaux, Ph.D., Eonomist, Author, Syndicated ColumnistĢż
2/2/94Okey MbawuikeTBAĢż
2/2/94Nancy JosephRalph Wiley, Author, Journalist, LecturerĢż
2/10/93Sandra Jean-LouisTBAĢż
2/10/93Natasha GriggerDelores E. Cross, Ph.D., President, Chicago State Univ.Ļć½¶Šć Chronicle
February 18, 1993
2/12/92Nique HenryJulian Earls, Director, Health Services NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OHĻć½¶Šć Chronicle
February 18, 1993
2/11/91Lucia ThomasRev. Samuel Proctor, Pastor, Abyssinan Baptist Church, NY, NYĢż
3/21/90Candace (Candi) N. NicholsRep. John Lewis, GA Representative, Civil rights activistĢż
2/15/89Raymond SykesMary Francis Berry, U.S. Civil Rights CommissionerRaymond Sykes Article
2/22/88France Kevin BowersMarie Gadsen, Deputy Director, Nat'l Assn. Equal EmploymentĢżOpportunity in Higher Ed., Oxfam America Bd. of TrusteesĻć½¶Šć BiWeekly
2/1/87No award given.
Carlos Brito, Donna Graham, and Gaylord Taylor received special recognition		Lorraine Hale, Executive Dir., Hale House (a NYC center for drug-addicted infants)Ļć½¶Šć Biweekly
February 26, 1987
Gaylord Taylor Article
2/24/86Maritza SkeltonHassan Minor, Managing Director, The Corp. for BostonMaritza Skelton Article
2/25/85Maya HandwerkMartin Luther King, IIIMaya Handwerk Article
2/1/84Francois DumontRep. Saundra Graham, MA State RepresentativeFrancois Dumont Article
2/1/83Stephanye A. ReddRobert Drinan, S.J., Former Congressman, Boston College Law School Dean, 1956-70Ļć½¶Šć Biweekly
February 3, 1983
2/2/82Darcel ClarkWayne Budd, Attorney, Boston College Bd. of TrusteesĻć½¶Šć Biweekly
February 4, 1982
Back To Top