Black Rose Winners

33RD ANNUAL

2025 Humanitarian of the Year: Dr. Hardy Brown, Sr.
2025 Jim King Special Community Award: San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Black Rose: Dr. Shené Bowie-Hussey • Elizabeth Cochrane-Benoit
Dr. Teri D. Davis • Debbie Franklin • Lawrence Charles Hardy, Jr.
Dr. Arlington C. Rogders, Jr. • Dr. Charles “Chuck” Singlton • Richard Wallace
2025 Dr. Margaret Hill Black Rose Young Adult Inspiration Award:
Taylor Griffin • Jaden Overstreet

32ND ANNUAL

2024 Humanitarian of the Year: Jack B. Clark, Jr. • Dr. Marcus Funchess
2024 Jim King Special Community Award: CSUSB Staff and Administration
Black Rose: James C. Baker II • Michael Beauregard • Aristotle McDaniel
Acquanetta Warren • Tina Darling
2024 Dr. Margaret Hill Black Rose Young Adult Inspiration Award:
Maya Johnson • Daniel Rivera, Jr.

31ST ANNUAL

2023 Humanitarian of the Year: Rose Mayes
2023 Commitment to Community Service: Sean Hardge
2023 Jim King Special Community Award (Given every 5 years): Community
Hospital of San Bernardino – Staff and Administration
Black Rose: Gloria Macias Harrison • Mayor Deborah Robertson
Linda D. Wright
2023 Dr. Margaret Hill Black Rose Young Adult Inspiration Award:
Liyah Belvins • Prince Ogidikpe

30TH ANNUAL

2019 Humanitarian of the Year: LuCretia Dowdy
2019 Commitment to Community Service: Sean Hardge
2019 Jim King Special Community Award (Given every 5 years): David
Okonkwo and Women United of Arrowhead United Way
Black Rose: Angel Castro • Keishia Handy
Rob Mason • Dr. Jerrold Thompson Special Thanks

29TH ANNUAL

2018 Humanitarian of the Year: Chehab & Bricia Elawar
2018 Commitment to Community Service: Rev. Reginald Woods
Black Rose: Richard Goldson • Jonathan Buffong • Ezekiel Adeleke

28TH ANNUAL

2017 Humanitarian of the Year: Gwendolyn Lorraine Dowdy-Rodgers
2017 Commitment to Community Service: Clarisa F. Howard
Black Rose: Lesford H. Duncan • Eti Phi Beta Sorority • Jamie Rios

26TH ANNUAL

2015 Humanitarian of the Year: Kim Evette Anthony
2015 Commitment to Community Service: David Clark
Black Rose (Chuck Burris Award): Chief Joseph Paulino
Black Rose: Chino Valley Fire Foundation • Officer Marcus Pesquera

25TH ANNUAL

2014 Humanitarian of the Year: Tim Evans
2014 Commitment to Community Service: Dewaine Radden
Black Rose: Angela Brantley • Keynasia Buffong • COPE/Pastor Sam Casey
Arthur & Fredda Davis Foundation • Walter Hawkins • Patricia Nelson
Dr. Gary Thomas

24TH ANNUAL

2013 Humanitarian of the Year: A. Majadi
2013 Commitment to Community Service: Ronald E. Cochran
Black Rose: George Bowser • Eula Charles • Anita Dimery Riley
Pastor Robert L. Fairley • Honorable Richard T. Fields
Dr. Keyisha Holmes • Dr. Kennon Mitchell • Miriam Vickers

23RD ANNUAL

2012 Humanitarian of the Year: Frances Grice
2012 Commitment to Community Service: Michael Lexion
Black Rose: Joyce Payne • Annie Upshaw • Anne Viricel • Shannon O’Brien

22ND ANNUAL

2011 Humanitarian of the Year: Dr. Harold Cebrun
2011 Commitment to Community Service: James Butts
Black Rose: Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely • Jimmie Brown • Herb English, Jr.
John Futch, Vicki Lee • Dr. Queen Hamilton • Geraldine Reaves • Mark Campbell

21ST ANNUAL

2010 Humanitarian of the Year: Dorthey Gray
2010 Commitment to Community Service: Rev. Floyd Lofton
Black Rose: Joseph Williams • Sam Handley • Will Larkin • Janice Higgins
Ron King • Pastor Larry Campbell

20TH ANNUAL

2009 Humanitarian of the Year: Cordelia Revels
2009 Commitment to Community Service: Frank Washington III
2009 Jim King Special Community Award: Brian Townsend
Black Rose: Honorable James Ramos • Honorable Wilmer Amina Carter
Norm Nunez • Mark Seay • Terry Boykins • Kent Paxton • Kenneth Wells
V. Diane Woods, Astrid Mickens-Williams • Hilda Kennedy • Bobby Vega
Wil Greer • Jeffrey Johnston, Mary Potts • Radiant Rubies of Highland
Dina Walker • Calvin White

19TH ANNUAL

2008 Humanitarian of the Year: James McCombs
2008 Commitment to Community Service: Rev. Gwendolyn Rose
Black Rose: Lea Cash •, Roy Mabry • Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds
Beulah Pitts • Terrance Stone • Velda Griffin

18TH ANNUAL

2007 Humanitarian of the Year: Mary McKinney
2007 Commitment to Community Service: Reginald Beamon
Black Rose: Kim Carter • Dr. Al Karnig • Brenda Dowdy • Lola Lee
Carl Jones • Dixie Jourdan • Project Impact

18TH ANNUAL

2007 Humanitarian of the Year: Mary McKinney
2007 Commitment to Community Service: Reginald Beamon
Black Rose: Kim Carter • Dr. Al Karnig • Brenda Dowdy • Lola Lee
Carl Jones • Dixie Jourdan • Project Impact

17TH ANNUAL

2006 Humanitarian of the Year: Artist Gilbert
2006 Commitment to Community Service: Veatrice Jews
Black Rose: Heck Thomas • Pastor Willie Ulibarri • Otis F. Clopton

16TH ANNUAL

2005 Humanitarian of the Year: Belva Holder
Black Rose: Arturo Delgado, Ed.D., • Gwen Knotts
Roosevelt Lett • Johnnie McKay • Caroline Swinton, R.N. •Sgt. Paul Williams

15TH ANNUAL

2004 Humanitarian of the Year: Jack Hill
Black Rose: Maurice Calderon • Major Jornal Miller, Patricia Nickols
Will Roberts, Ph.D.

14TH ANNUAL

2003 Humanitarian of the Year: Carl Clemons
Black Rose: Valeria Dixon • Kimberly Epps •Sherman Garnett
Mildred D. Henry, Ph.D. • Keith Lee • John Longville

13TH ANNUAL

2002 Humanitarian of the Year: Dennis Byas
Black Rose: Ray Culberson • Dr. Ernest B. Dowdy, Jr. •Thomas J. Gueston, Jr.
Clifford Hackney • Precious Wesley • Carmen Novella Webster

11TH ANNUAL

2000 Humanitarian of the Year: Dorothy Lee Grant
Black Rose: Michele Carter • Elisa Woolford • Herbert R. Fischer, Ed.D.
Julian Weaver • Dr. Ernest & Christine Levister

10TH ANNUAL

1999 Humanitarian of the Year: Roylestine Bowman & Elizabeth Wilson
Black Rose: Dorothy Inghram • Ever James • Robert Hampton
Carolyn Tillman

9TH ANNUAL

1998 Humanitarian of the Year: Jimmy Jews
Black Rose: Troy Adams, • Felton Anderson •Jack Hill, Beverly Jones
Wright • Delyne McCampbell • Judy White, Ed.D.

8TH ANNUAL

1997 Humanitarian of the Year: Jewell Rabb
Black Rose: Pastor Joshua Beckley • Glenda Barnett, Duneen DeBruhl
M. Sgt. Wayne E. Harkley • Hortense Hunn, Phenix Information Center-
Joanne & Faron Roberts

7TH ANNUAL

1996 Humanitarian of the Year: Clarence Goodwin
Black Rose: Capt. Robert S. Bailes • Denise K. Benton • Wilhelmina Ricks
George H. Small, M.D. •Walter “Duke” Snyder

6TH ANNUAL

1995 Humanitarian of the Year: Charles Seymour
Black Rose: DARE Program• Mansie Booker, Jr., Wilbur D. Brown
Joann Parker • Pastor Raymond Turner, New Hope Missionary Baptist
Church Summer Youth Employment Program

5TH ANNUAL

11994 Humanitarian of the Year: Georgia F. Morris
Black Rose: Connie Garrett • Margaret Hill, Faye Pointer
Audree Jones-Taylor • Self Education Law Enforcement (SELF)

4TH ANNUAL

1993 Humanitarian of the Year: Edna E. Davis Herring & Jack Clark
Black Rose: Michael Johnson • People’s Choice, Ida N. Roberson
Marion Black•Wilma Cochrane

3RD ANNUAL

1992 Humanitarian of the Year: Lois Carson
Black Rose: Cheryl Brown • Irene Gibbs • Mr. & Mrs. Cleo Cain
Alpha Phi Alpha • Dukes, Dukes, & Associates

2ND ANNUAL

1991 Humanitarian of the Year: Myrtle Ross
Black Rose: Alpha Kappa Alpha • Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Rho Chapter
Samaritan House • Cosmos Club-Dorothy Inghram

1ST ANNUAL

1990 Humanitarian of the Year: Jim King
Black Rose: Arrowhead Elks Lodge #896 • Social Lites, Inc., John A. Barber
Lodge #71 F&AM • Swans Club, National Council of Negro Women
Westside Action Group, Prince Hall Lodge #17 F&AM