Living History Honors

To persons whose lives exemplify the civic value of community involvement and enhancement

The 2026 Honorees

S. Rasheem, PhD, Social Scientist and Creator of The Baltimore Legacy Project

Jay Gillen, Educator, Youth Organizer and Author of Educating for Insurgency

Iris Barnes, PhD, Director, and Kadija Hart, Program & Education Coordinator, Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum

Betty Bland Thomas, Sharp Leadenhall Community Historian and Activist

Bill Barry, Union Organizer and Labor Historian

Past Honorees, in alphabetical order

Rafael Alvarez (2021)

Raymond Bahr (2022)

Clinton Bamberger (2011)

Judge Robert Bell (2023)

Willa Bickham and Brendan Walsh (2010)

Hon. Clarence W. Blount (2002)

Maria Broom (2014)

Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown (2011)

Frank Burd (2023)

Agnes Callum (2007)

Nathan Carter (2003)

Ron Cassie (2025)

John Ciekot (2018)

Mary Pat Clarke (2017)

Hon. J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (2010)

Frank DeFilippo (2022)

Jed Deitz (2014)

Lew Diuguid (2017)

Judy Dobbs (2018)

Charles B. Duff (2005)

Robert C. Embry, Jr. (2004)

Ethel Llewellyn Ennis (2006)

Lou Fields (2017)

Nicholas and Brigitte Fessenden (2020)

Mike Franch (2019)

Edward Gunts (2002)

Alvin Hathaway (2024)

Grace Hartigan (2004)

Dr. Carla Diane Hayden (2016)

Aaron Henkin (2019)

Sidney Hollander, Jr. (2011)

Johns Hopkins (2020)

Samuel Hopkins (2003)

Kevin (Kal) Kallaugher (2009)

Cardinal William H. Keeler (2008)

Jacques Kelly (2002)

Jeff Korman (2013)

Kathleen Kotarba (2013)

Sister Charmaine Krohe (2011)

Burt Kummerow (2023)

Sam Lacy (2002)

Laura Lippman (2009)

Hon. Julian L. Lapides (2005)

John Maclay (2013)

Dr. Joann Martin (2020)

Jim McKay (2004)

Martin Millspaugh (2008)

Ashley Minner (2021)

Nanette Mitchell (2006)

Camay Murphy (2007)

John C. Murphy (2008)

Martin O'Malley (2015)

Ronald Parks (2014)

Wendel Patrick (2019)

Bill Peneck (2015)

Irving Henry Webster Phillips (2015)

Fred Rasmussen (2002)

Mark Reutter (2025)

Frank Robinson (2005)

Hon. George L. Russell, Jr. (2003)

Hon. Paul S. Sarbanes (2006)

Hon. William Donald Schaefer (2007)

Wayne R. Schaumburg (2010)

Fern Shen (2025)

David Simon (2004)

Eva Slezak (2009)

RaeLynne Snyder (2017)

Romaine Stec Somerville (2014)

Walter Sondheim, Jr. (2003)

Sandy Sparks (2022)

Marc Steiner (2009)(2018)

Joe Stewart (2022)

Anne Tyler (2004)

Joyce Ward (2012)

Tom Ward (2012)

John Waters (2003)

Rev. William J. Watters S.J. (2012)

Patricia Welch (2013)

William Wells (2023)

Chester Wickwire (2007)