An award bestowed by the Paul Robeson Citation Award Committee of the Actors' Equity Association. 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Brock Peters 2002: Gertrude Jeannette 2003: Woodie King Jr. 2004: Judith Jamison 2005: Carl Harms 2006: Bill Cosby rescinded 2007: Mercedes Ellington 2008: Sidney Poitier 2009: Micki Grant 2010: Charles Randolph-Wright 2011: James Earl Jones 2012: William Greaves 2014: Baayork Lee References External links Actors' Equity Association American theater awards