Lifetime Achievement Award

A new award as of 2026, presented to Gladys Gary Vaughn at the Annual Black History Month Luncheon on February 28, 2026.

Recipients by Year

2026
Gladys Gary Vaughn

AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

Award Nomination Form
Luminary Award Form
Award Descriptions and Past Awardees
Woodson Scholars Medallion
Mary McLeod Bethune Service Award
Council Award of Special Recognition
Living Legacy Awards
Freedom Scholar Award
The ASALH Luminary Award
The ASALH Book Prize
V.P. Franklin Legacy Journal of African American History Award
The Wesley-Logan Prize
National Educational Association’s Carter G. Woodson Memorial Award
National Educational Association’s H. Councill Trenholm Memorial Award
The Dorothy Porter Wesley Award
Rays of Light Honorees
President’s Service Award Honorees
Outstanding Branch Programming Award
Branch of the Year