|
Year |
Honoree(s) |
Featured Speaker(s) |
Venue |
| 1958 |
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| 1959 |
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A 75th Birthday Tribute to Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas and A. Philip Randolph
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| 1960 |
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"A New Foreign Policy for Labor"
Emil Mazey
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Saturday, November 12
Midland Hotel
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| 1961 |
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Norman Thomas and Sidney Lens |
November |
| 1962 |
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Harry Golden and Leon Despres |
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| 1963 |
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"America's Unfinished Revolution"
Bayard Rustin and James Farmer
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Saturday, November 23 |
| 1964 |
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An 80th Birthday Tribute to Norman
Thomas |
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| 1965 |
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| 1966 |
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"Labor as a Social Movement; Labor as Organizer
of the Opperessed"
Norman Thomas and Charles Chiakulas
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Friday, November 11
Midland Hotel
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| 1967 |
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| 1968 |
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"The Crisis of Cities"
Michael Harrington and Leon Keyserling
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| 1969 |
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Memorial for Norman Thomas and Eugene
Debs |
Saturday, May 17
Midland Hotel
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| 1970 |
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"Labor, Liberals and the Democratic Left"
Michael Harrington and David Selden
(David Selden did not attend this dinner as
he was in jail because he "aided and abetted a teachers
strike" in Newark, New Jersey.)
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Sunday, April 12
Midland Hotel
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| 1971 |
Patrick Gorman |
Frederick O'Neal and Bruce Miller |
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| 1972 |
Brendan Sexton |
Michael Harrington |
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| 1973 |
Murray Finley |
"What Is Ahead for the Seventies?"
Stephen Lewis
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Saturday, May 5
Midland Hotel
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| 1974 |
Ralph Helstein |
"After Impeachment... What Lies Ahead?"
Victor Reuther
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Saturday, May 4
Midland Hotel
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| 1975 |
Leon Despres |
"Prospects for Survival: Is There Hope in Congress?"
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
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Sunday, May 4
Midland Hotel
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| 1976 |
Dolores Huerta |
"Challenging the New Tories: a Politics of Hope or a
Politics of Fear"
Michael Harrington
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Sunday, May 16
Midland Hotel
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| 1977 |
Charles Hayes |
"Challenging the New Conservatives: the Crisis of Liberalism"
Robert Lekachman
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Sunday, May 1
Midland Hotel
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| 1978 |
Robert E. Mann |
William Winpisinger |
Sunday, May 7
Midland Hotel
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| 1979 |
Addie Wyatt |
"The Politics of the 1980s"
Irving Howe
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Sunday, May 6
Midland Hotel
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| 1980 |
Rosemary Ruether |
Michael Harrington
(with special guests Crystal Lee Sutton and Eleanor Smeal)
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Saturday, May 10
Pick Congress Hotel
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| 1981 |
Egidio Clemente |
"Needed: a Bold Imaginative Program for Survival and
Progress"
Ed Broadbent and Mildred Jeffrey
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Sunday, May 3
Midland Hotel
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| 1982 |
Carl Shier |
William Winpisinger |
Saturday, May 1
McCormick Inn
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| 1983 |
Joyce Miller |
Harold Washington
Ron Dellums
|
Saturday, May 7
McCormick Inn
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| 1984 |
William Lucy |
Barbara Ehrenreich |
Saturday, May 12
McCormick Inn
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| 1985 |
Edward Asner
Vicky Starr
|
Lane Evans |
Saturday, May 4
McCormick Inn
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| 1986 |
Michael Harrington
Jacqueline Vaughn
|
"On the Haymarket Affair Centennial"
Michael Harrington
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Saturday, May 10
Ascot Hotel
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| 1987 |
Jacquelyne Grimshaw
Heather Booth
|
Lynn Williams |
Saturday, May 9
Americana Congress Hotel
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| 1988 |
Joe Jacobs
Saul Mendelson
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"Education Reform: Is It Possible?"
Deborah Meier
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Saturday, May 7
Congress Hotel
|
| 1989 |
Milt and Sue Cohen
William Winpisinger
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Dr. Quentin Young |
Saturday, May 6
Midland Hotel
|
| 1990 |
Arthur Loevy |
"Victory Over Pittston: Lessons for the Progressive and
Labor Movements in the 1990s"
Cecil Roberts
|
Friday, May 4
Midland Hotel
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| 1991 |
Steve Culen
Kathy Devine
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"Victory in Ontario: Building a Social Democratic Government"
Dennis Drainville
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Saturday, May 11
Congress Hotel
|
| 1992 |
Sue Purrington
Dr. Quentin Young
|
"Beyond Protectionism: Building Labor Solidarity in the
Americas"
Jose LaLuz
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Friday, May 1
Congress Hotel
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| 1993 |
Mollie West
Julian Bond
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"Universal Health Care: A Long Time Overdue"
Dr. Linda Rae Murray
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Friday, May 7
McCormick Inn
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| 1994 |
Louis "Lou" Pardo
Carole Travis
|
Barbara Ehrenreich |
Saturday, May 14
Congress Hotel
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| 1995 |
Rosetta Daylie
Harold Meyerson
|
Harold Meyerson |
Saturday, May 13
Bismarck Hotel
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| 1996 |
Maxie Hill
Deborah Meier
|
"The Power
of Public Education"
Deborah Meier
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Friday, May 3
Congress Hotel
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| 1997 |
James Weinstein
George Becker
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"Winning Economic Justice"
George Becker
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Friday, April 11
Holiday Inn City Centre
|
| 1998 |
William Adelman
Marilyn Sneiderman
|
"A Better World to Win: Labor's Fight for Social Justice,
Past and Future"
William Adelman and Marilyn Sneiderman
|
Friday, May 8
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
|
| 1999 |
Jackie Kendall
James K. Tribble
|
"Setting the Terms for Globalization from Below"
Charles Kernaghan
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Friday, May 7
Holiday Inn City Centre
|
| 2000 |
Jan
Schakowsky |
"Fighting Back: Building the New Movement Against Corporate
Greed and Globalization"
Harold Meyerson
|
Friday, May 5
Congress Hotel
|
| 2001 |
Kim Bobo
Henry Bayer
|
"Building Coalitions for Social Justice"
Miguel del Valle
|
Friday, May 4
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
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| 2002 |
Barbara Hillman
Thomas Balanoff
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"Defending Labor Rights, Human Rights and Civil Liberties"
Douglass Cassel
|
Friday, May 10
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
|
| 2003 |
Bernice Bild
Sydney Bild
Mitch Vogel
|
"The War Really Worth Fighting:
Organizing the Low Wage Economy"
Henry Tamarin
|
Friday, May 2
Congress Hotel
|
| 2004 |
Lynn Talbott
Eliseo Medina
|
"Defeating the Most Dangerous President
Ever:
Building the
Dump Bush Movement"
Jan Schakowsky
|
Friday, May 7
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
|
| 2005 |
Linda Rae Murray
Hal Gullett
|
"A Perfect
Storm Rising:
The Crisis in
Health Care
Defending Social
Security"
William McNary
|
Friday, May 6
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
|
| 2006 |
Henry Tamarin
Rev. Dr. Calvin Morris
U.S. Labor Against the War
|
"Going Beyond Taking Back Our Country"
John Nichols
|
Friday, April 28
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
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| 2007 |
Leo Gerard
Josh Hoyt
|
"Where Do We Go From Here?"
Leo Gerard; Josh Hoyt; Saul Escobar Toledo
|
Friday, May 4
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
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| 2008 |
Laurie Burgess
Mardge Cohen
Les Orear |
Yes, We Can:
Universal Health Care Now!
Rose Ann DeMoro
(DeMoro was unable to speak and Dr. Mardge Cohen spoke instead.)
|
Friday, April 25
Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro
|
| 2009 |
Timuel Black
Jane Ramsey |
"Working Together for Justice"
Kim Bobo
(Bobo was unable to speak due to a family emergency and Rev.
C.J. Hawking spoke instead.)
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Friday, May 1
Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro
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