Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 58 Harry Belafonte 47 Roberta Flack 47 Stevie Wonder 46 Maya Angelou 46 Dorothy Height 46 Neil Sedaka 46 Joan Baez 45 Past honorees 44 Billie Holiday 44 Patti Labelle 44 Lena Horne 44 Eartha Kitt 44 Fannie Lou Hamer 44 Johnny Mathis 43 Miriam Makeba 43 Malcolm X. 43 Bob Marley 43 Dionne Warwick 43 Rita Moreno 43 Belafonte 43 BB King 43 Harold Arlen 42 Ossie Davis 42 Humanitarian Award 42 Carol Channing 42 Aretha Franklin 42 Ella Fitzgerald 42 poet Maya Angelou 42 Tito Puente 42 Patti LaBelle 41 Paul Robeson 41 Yolanda Adams 41 Dr. Martin Luther 41 Bishop Desmond Tutu 41 Max Roach 41 Bill Cosby 41 cellist Yo Yo Ma 41 Bonnie Raitt 41 Wynton Marsalis 41 Today Birthdays 41 Al Jolson 41 Luther Vandross 41 Mahalia Jackson 41 Presidential Medal 40 Sam Cooke 40 Rev. Martin Luther 40 Nat King 40 Smokey Robinson 40 Celia Cruz 40 Minnie Minoso 40 Youssou N'Dour 40 Past recipients 40 Have Dream 40 Sidney Poitier 40 Larry Doby 40 Rosa Parks 40 Jackie Robinson 40 Nina Simone 40 Lifetime Achievement Awards 40 Cornel West 40 Lou Rawls 40 Hattie McDaniel 40 Gladys Knight 39 Toni Morrison 39 Percy Sledge 39 Cyndi Lauper 39 Ben Vereen 39 Cab Calloway 39 Cicely Tyson 39 Willie Nelson 39 immortal words 39 Langston Hughes 39 Ghandi 39 Duke Ellington 39 Paraphrasing 39 Odetta 39 WC Handy 39 Annie Lennox 39 Sammy Davis 39 Queen Noor 38 Previous recipients 38 Shirley Caesar 38 Jackie Onassis 38 honorary degrees 38 Woody Guthrie 38 Desmond Tutu 38 Aretha 38 Danny Glover 38 Mel Tillis 38 Bette Midler 38 Elvis Presley 38 Buddy Guy 38 civil rights 38 Rosemary Clooney 38 Perry Como 38 Barbara Streisand 38 Martin Luther King 38 Hugh Masekela 37 Diahann Carroll 37 MLK Jr. 37 Roberto Clemente