Subseries I.C. Awards and Honors

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{"value"=>"<p>This subseries, dating from 1973 to 2014 holds files about the awards, recognitions, proclamations, and honorary degrees that Angelou received throughout her career. Most files contain printed matter, such as invitations, brochures, and programs, or correspondence related to the award, tribute, or ceremony.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by name of award or sponsoring organization.</p>"}
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1973
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1973
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2014
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1973
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2014

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  1. Aaron Davis Hall Harlem Renaissance Award
  2. Actors Equity's Paul Robeson Award
  3. African American Trailblazers Award
  4. African Heritage Award, 80th Anniversary of the Schomburg Center
  5. Alston/Jones International Civil Rights Trail Blazers Award
  6. American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award
  7. American Black Achievement Award in Fine Arts
  8. Annual Trumpet Award, Turner Broadcasting System
  9. Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
  10. Arkansas Regional Minority Supplier Development Council Black Hall of Fame
  11. "Arkansas Traveler" Certificate from Governor Bill Clinton
  12. Associated Black Charities 8th Annual Black History Makers Award
  13. Bates-Calloway Award
  14. Bethune-DuBois Fund Award
  15. Black Academy Award Nominees
  16. Black Emmy Nominees Dinner Special Recognition
  17. Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 8th Annual Oscar Micheaux Awards
  18. Black Women of Achievement Awards
  19. Brevard County, Florida Resolution
  20. Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis Humanitarian Award
  21. The California Advocate's Drum Major for Justice Award
  22. California Dance Center's Humanitarian Award
  23. Celeste Holm Lifetime Achievement Award
  24. Certificates, Various [2/1]
  25. Citizen Diplomat Award
  26. City of Columbus Ohio Certificate of Welcome to Maya Angelou
  27. The City of Dayton Ohio Proclaim Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Maya Angelou Day
  28. City of Indianapolis Proclaim Maya Angelou Day
  29. City of San Francisco Commendation
  30. City of Santa Cruz California Mayor's Proclamation "Phenomental Woman Day"
  31. City of Winston-Salem North Carolina Recognition
  32. Director's Guild of America Tribute to Maya Angelou
  33. Distinguished Black Women 1986-1990, Volume II
  34. The District of Columbia Proclamation Dr. Maya Angelou Day
  35. Duke Ellington Awards, Lifetime Achievement in Literary Arts
  36. Ellis Island Medals of Honor
  37. The Encyclopedia of the American Woman
  38. Essence Award
  39. ETA's "Divas of the Twentieth Century" Honoree
  40. Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation's Humanity Award
  41. Feed the Children Certificate of Appreciation
  42. First Amendment Award, Ford Hall Forum
  43. Fisk University Honor
  44. Ford's Theatre Society's Lincoln Medal
  45. Foundation for Health in Aging Award
  46. Fulbright Distinguished Fellow
  47. Fund for Southern Communities, Torchbearer Award
  48. George Washington University's Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
  49. Ghana National Honour of Member of the Star of Ghana
  50. Glamour Awards
  51. Grammy Awards
  52. Harvard Foundation Award
  53. Honorary Citizenship of various cities
  54. Honorary Degrees [3/1]
  55. Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award
  56. Howard University, Various
  57. International Public Affairs Bureau, IPAB
  58. International Spa Association Alex Szekely Humanitarian Award
  59. International Women's Forum Hall of Fame of America
  60. Jamaica Business Resource
  61. James Baldwin Commerative Stamp Ceremony
  62. JANA Productions
  63. The Japan-America Student Conference Certificate of Appreciation
  64. John Hope Franklin Award
  65. Joseph Coolidge Shaw, S. J. Medal, from Boston College
  66. Karamu Langston Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award
  67. Kellogg's Celebrity Tribute Honoree
  68. The King Center's "Salute to Greatness" Awards Honoree
  69. Ladies' Home Journal Award
  70. Landmark Community Church Golden Heart Award
  71. Langston Hughes Award
  72. Learning Through Art's "Art Start for Children" Award
  73. Lifetime of Caring Award
  74. Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Nominee
  75. Major League Baseball Beacon Awards
  76. Martin Luther King National Award, King Week Festival
  77. Matrix Award
  78. Maya Angelou Days (various cities and institutions)
  79. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Proclamation
  80. Mother Teresa Award Laureate
  81. Museum of Tolerance Distinguished Service Award
  82. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, North Carolina State Conference of Branches' 19th Annual Humanitarian of the Year Award
  83. NAACP Image Awards for Nomination for "Mom and Me and Mom"
  84. NAACP Spingarn Medal
  85. National Arts Club Medal of Honor
  86. National Black Arts Festival Living Legends Honoree
  87. National Book Awards Literary Award
  88. National Conference for Community and Justice Charles Evans Hughes Award
  89. National Conference of Black Mayors "Tribute to a Black American" Honoree
  90. National Council for International Visitors Citizen Diplomat Award
  91. National Council of Negro Women's "Uncommon Height" Honoree
  92. National Medal of Arts, National Endowment for the Arts
  93. National Mother's Day Committee Award
  94. National Register of Prominent Americans and International Notables Membership
  95. New York Public Library Literary Lion
  96. The Norman Mailer Center Honor
  97. North Carolina Award
  98. North Carolina Council for Women, Distinguished Woman Award
  99. North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
  100. North Carolina United Negro College Fund Tribute
  101. The Ohio House of Representatives Recognizes Maya Angelou for Your Inspirational Achievements as an African-American Artist
  102. Outstanding Citizen Award, Sophisticated Gents
  103. Parenting Magazine's "The Year's Ten Best Books"
  104. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity's African American Female Bronze Image of Distinction Award
  105. Presidential Medal of Freedom
  106. Proclamations [11/1]
  107. Project Vote! Award
  108. Quill Book Award for Poetry
  109. Receptions and Tributes Honoring Maya Angelou
  110. Remember Them: Champions of Humanity by Mario Chiodo
  111. Sara Lee Foundation Frontrunner Award for Humanities
  112. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's "New York Black 100" Honoree
  113. So Others Might Eat (SOME) 25th Anniversary Honoree
  114. Society of Our Wise Women Inductee, Bennett College
  115. St. Louis Walk of Fame: 75 Great St. Louisans
  116. State of North Carolina Presents the Order of the Long Leaf Pine
  117. Straight for Equality Gala Honoree
  118. Trailblazers in Diversity Award
  119. "Tribute to Maya Angelou", Center for Democratic Renewal
  120. Tubman African American Museum Shelia Award
  121. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF Month Chair Honoree
  122. United States Sports Academy
  123. The Universities of the West Indies Honoree
  124. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  125. The Voice International Woman of the Decade
  126. Wake Forest University Honorary Doctorate
  127. Wake Forest University Resolution of Appreciation
  128. We Are Family Foundation's Peacemaker Award
  129. Winston-Salem Chronicle's Woman of the Year Award
  130. Whitney M. Young Jr. Living Legend Award
  131. Winston-Salem Professional Fire Fighters Association
  132. William O. Douglas Award
  133. Woman for the World Recipient, Saint Scholastica Academy
  134. Woman of High Esteem Award
  135. Women's International Center Living Legacy Award
  136. Writers Guild of America Annual Award Nomination
  137. Young Women's Christian Association, YWCA Lifetime Achievement Award
  138. Zora Neale Hurston Festival Awards Gala Honoree