First Amendment Award

The First Amendment Award was created in 1981 by the children, nieces, and nephews of Louis P. and Evelyn Smith, to honor those individuals and organizations that demonstrate extraordinary commitment to promoting and facilitating the thoughtful exercise of our right to freedom of expression.

Previous First Amendment Award Recipients include:

    2008 - Anita Hill
    2006 - Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg, Linda Wertheimer
    1999 - Marvin Kalb
    1998 - John Lewis
    1997 - Terry Gross
    1994 - Ted Turner
    1992 - David S. Nelson
    1991 - Rosa Parks
    1990 - Fang Lizhi
    1989 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
    1988 - Pete Seeger
    1987 - Nicholas Daniloff
    1986 - Daniel Schorr
    1985 - Thomas Winship
    1984 - Paul Tsongas
    1982 - Maya Angelou
    1981 - Norman Lear