The Paul Robeson Award is the only award bestowed by both the Actors' Equity Association and the Actors' Equity Foundation. The winner is selected by the Paul Robeson Citation Award Committee.
The award was established by the Paul Robeson Committee on June 1, 1971. Frederick O'Neal was appointed Chair. The award is presented to "an individual or organization that best leverages theatre to go beyond the stage to enact their commitment to the freedom of expression and conscience, their belief in the artist’s responsibility to society and their dedication to the betterment of humankind."
Recipients
1974: Paul Robeson 1975: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee 1976: Lillian Hellman 1977: Pete Seeger 1978: Sam Jaffe 1979: Harry Belafonte 1980: Alice Childress 1981: Studs Terkel 1982: Ed Asner 1983: John Henry Faulk 1984: Lena Horne 1985: Arthur Mitchell 1986: Vinie Burrows 1987: Joe Papp 1988: Jacques d'Amboise 1989: Bill Ross & Dr. Margaret Burroughs 1990: Maya Angelou 1991: Gordon Parks 1992: Art D'Lugoff 1993: Katherine Dunham 1994: Lloyd Richards 1995: Gil Noble 1996: George C. Wolfe 1997: Athol Fugard 1998: Leonard de Paul 1999: Loften Mitchell 2000: Rosetta LeNoire 2001: Brock Peters 2002: Gertrude Jeannette 2003: Woodie King Jr. 2004: Judith Jamison 2005: Carl Harms 2006: Bill Cosby rescinded 2007: Mercedes Ellington 2008: Sidney Poitier 2009: Micki Grant 2010: Charles Randolph-Wright 2011: James Earl Jones 2012: William Greaves 2014: Baayork Lee 2015: Arthur French 2016: Mary-Mitchell Campbell 2017: Jamal Joseph 2018: Independent Shakespeare Co. 2019-20: Carmen Morgan and Furaba Shioda 2021: Dale Ricardo Shields 2022: Pearl Cleage 2023: The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City
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