The Twenty-Eighth Annual Salute to the Black Nurse of the Year: "Health/Health Care Policy: Nurses on the Forefront of Change"
2008 Honoree - Barbara S. Scott, RN, MSN, CNA

The Twenty-Seventh Annual Salute to the Black Nurse of the Year: "Spirituality and the Impact on Health"
2007 Honoree - Connie Webster, RN, PhD

The Twenty-Sixth Annual Salute to the Black Nurse of the Year: "Promoting Improved Patient Health Outcomes by Integrating Nursing Education, Research and Practice"
2006 Honoree - Gwendolyn E. Johnson, RNC, BS, RN

The Twenty-Fifth Annual Salute to the Black Nurse of the Year: "Clinical Nursing Practices To Improve Patient Outcomes"
2005 Honoree - Veronica A. Clarke-Tasker, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN

The Twenty-Fourth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Research Based Evidence for Successful Aging"
2004 Honoree - M. Elizabeth Carnegie, DPA, RN, FAAN

The Twenty-Third Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Emerging Health Threats: Nursing Solutions in a New Era"
2003 Honoree - Dorothy L. Powell, Ed.D., RN, FAAN

The Twenty-Second Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Technology: Building Skills for Nursing Science"
2002 Honoree - Velma Henderson, MSN, RN

The Twenty-First Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
2001 Honoree - Margaret Pemberton, AA, RN

The Twentieth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Capital Ideas ...Monumental Solutions: Nursing in the 21st Century"
2000 Honoree - Audrey C. Drake, MSN, RN, CNAAC
25th Anniversary BNA of GWA

The Nineteenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Facilitating Healthy Lifestyles: Achieving Healthy People 2010 Goals"
1999 Honoree - Anna R. McClain, MSN, RN

The Eighteenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "The Heart and Soul of Healing: A Journey to Health"
1998 Honoree - Donna Rae Richardson, JD, RN

The Seventeenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Business and Community: Essential Partners for Health"
1997 Honoree - Jacquelyn R.Campbell, MSN, RN, CPNP

The Sixteenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Meeting The Challenge of Change Through Collaboration"
1996 Honoree - Mary S. Harper, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

The Fifteenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Protecting and Promoting the Health of African American Women and Children"
1995 Honoree - Patricia Clarke Tompkins, MS, RN

The Fourteenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Preparing for the Restructured Health Care System"
1994 Honoree - Barbara J. Hatcher, Ph.D., RN

The Thirteenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Strengthening the African American Family: A Strategy for Reducing Violence in Black Communities"
1993 Honoree - Margie Scott Word, AAS, RN

The Twelfth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Year 2000: The Challenge Promoting Health and Protecting Wellness"
1992 Honoree - Carolyn Peoples Veiga, Ph.D., RN

The Eleventh Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Two Decades of Progress - But Challenges Ahead"
1991 Honoree - Bernardine M. Lacey, Ed.D., RN, FAAN

The Tenth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse: "Expanding Access to Health Care"
1990 Honoree - Col. (Ret.) Margaret E. Bailey, BA, RN

The Ninth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1989 Honoree - Gwendolyn Y. Webster, MSN, RN, CNAA

The Eighth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1988 Honoree - Johnella Banks, D.N.SC., RN

The Seventh Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1987 Honoree - Brenda Smitherman Cherry, Ph.D., RN

The Sixth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1986 Honoree - Geraldine A. Feaster, MSN, RN, CNA

The Fifth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1985 Honoree - Brig. Gen (Ret.) Clara Adams-Ender, MSN, RN, NMAS

The Fourth Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1984 Honoree - Brig. Gen (Ret.) Hazel Johnson-Brown, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

The Third Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1983 Honoree - Ida Cammon Robinson, MSN, RN

The Second Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1982 Honoree - Lillian E. Wade, MSN, RN

The First Annual Salute to a Black Nurse
1981 Honoree - Vernice Ferguson, MA, RN, FAAN, FRCN