Recipients of The Eleanor Roosevelt Award For Human Rights
1998
- Robert L. Bernstein, founder of the Fund for Free Expression as well as Human Rights Watch and retired chairman of Random House
- Representative John Lewis, lifelong civil rights leader
- Bette Bao Lord, human rights activist, China scholar and novelist.
- Dorothy Q. Thomas, women's rights activist responsible for groundbreaking research and advocacy on human rights violations against women around the world.
- Dolores Huerta, co-founder and leader of the United Farm Workers of America and lifelong labor activist.
1999
- Charlotte Bunch, an international women's rights activist, instrumental in securing the inclusion of gender and sexual orientation on the global human rights agenda.
- Burke Marshall, for his lifelong commitment to civil rights, including his service as Assistant Attorney General in the Kennedy Administration.
- Sister Jean Marshall, a Dominican nun who founded St. Rita's Immigrant and Refugee Center in the Bronx, in service to victimized immigrants.
- Rev. Leon Sullivan, anti-apartheid activist and author of the Global Sullivan Principles promoting corporate social responsibility worldwide, that he unveiled at the United Nations that year together with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
2000
- Tillie Black Bear, a strong voice for Native American and women's rights and a leading advocate for victims of domestic violence.
- Frederick Charles Cuny, a lifetime of service to the civilian victims of conflict and disaster.
- Norman Dorsen, former President of the American Civil Liberties Union and Chairman of the Board of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now known as Human Rights First.
- Elaine R. Jones, promoted groundbreaking civil rights legislation and widened the circle of opportunity for all Americans.
- Most Reverend Theodore Edgar McCarrick, lifelong human rights advocate.
2001
- Congressman Frank Wolf, worked tirelessly for the passage of landmark human rights legislation, including the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and legislation on trafficking in persons.
- John Kamm, for working to engage the Chinese Government in a results-oriented dialogue on human rights
- Barbara Elliott, for starting a private initiative to provide people with basic needs and help them through the transition following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
2005
- Ossie Davis
- Catholic Healthcare West
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company
- Student Labor Week of Action
2006
- Cingular Wireless
- Danny Glover
- Tom Morello
- Studs Terkel
- Walden Asset Management
2007
- Greg Mathis
- Human Rights Watch
- Kaiser Permanente
2008
- Gamesa Technology Corporation USA
- Kathleen Sebelius
- The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
2009
- John J. Sweeney
- Richard Schiff en Bradley Whitford
- Business Leaders for a Fair Economy
2010
- Beth Shulman (postuum)
- Gerding Edlen Development
- Howard Zinn
2011
- James Cromwell
- United Streetcar
- Founders of their own organisation American Rights at Work
2012
- DeMaurice Smith
- Bill Street en Per-Olof Sjöö
- Wilma B. Liebman
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