The Marian Anderson Award was originally established in 1943 by African American singer Marian Anderson after she was awarded the $10,000 Bok Prize that year by the city of Philadelphia. Anderson used the award money to establish a singing competition to help support young singers; recipients of which include Camilla Williams (1943, 1944), Nathaniel Dickerson (1944), Louise Parker (1944), Eudice Mesibov, née Charney (1946), Mattiwilda Dobbs (1947), Rawn Spearman (1949), Georgia Laster (1951), Betty Allen (1952), Gloria Davy (1952), Judith Raskin (1952, 1953), Shirlee Emmons (1953), Miriam Holman (1954), Willis Patterson (1956), Shirley Verrett (1957), Joanna Simon (1962), Billie Lynn Daniel (1963), and Joyce Mathis (1967). Eventually, the prize fund ran out of money and it was disbanded. Florence Quivar was the last recipient of this earlier award in 1976.
In 1990, the award was re-established and has dispensed $25,000 annually. In 1998, the prize was restructured with the "Marian Anderson Award" going to an established artist, not necessarily a singer, who exhibits leadership in a humanitarian area. A separate prize, the "Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists" is given to promising young classical singers.[1]
Awardees by year:[2]
- 1990 – Sylvia McNair
- 1991 – Denyce Graves
- 1992 – Philip Zawisza
- 1993 – Nancy Maultsby
- 1994 – Patricia Racette
- 1995 – Michelle DeYoung
- 1996 – Nathan Gunn
- 1997 – Marguerite Krull
- 1998 – Harry Belafonte
- 1999 – Gregory Peck
- 2000 – Elizabeth Taylor
- 2001 – Quincy Jones
- 2002 – Danny Glover
- 2003 – Oprah Winfrey
- 2005 – Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis
- 2006 – Sidney Poitier
- 2007 – Richard Gere
- 2008 – Maya Angelou and Norman Lear[3]
- 2009 – Bill Cosby (Rescinded)
- 2011 – Mia Farrow
- 2012 – James Earl Jones
- 2013 – Berry Gordy
- 2014 – Jon Bon Jovi
- 2015 – Wynton Marsalis
- 2016 – Patti LaBelle and Gamble and Huff
- 2017 – Dionne Warwick
- 2018 – Queen Latifah[4]
- 2019 – Kool & the Gang[5]
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References
- ^ About the Award Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, MarianAndersonaward.org
- ^ Marian Anderson Award: Past Honorees Archived April 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, MarianAndersonaward.org
- ^ Rickey, Carrie (November 18, 2008). "Angelou, Lear get Marian Anderson Award". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ Bean, Zoe (August 21, 2018). "Queen Latifah to receive 2018 Marian Anderson Award". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ White, Abbey (June 5, 2019). "Kool & the Gang to receive 2019 Marian Anderson Award on group's 50th anniversary". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
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