Major funding for Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Alice Tully Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, Howard University, and the A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation.

The opening performance of Honor! is sponsored by Bank of America.

Honor! is made possible, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Committee of Honor

Maya Angelou Harry Belafonte Derrick A. Bell Jr. Gordon J. Davis Michael Eric Dyson Henry Louis Gates Jr. Luvenia A. George Thelma Golden Judith Jamison Quincy Jones Laura Karpman Tania León Portia Maultsby Arthur Mitchell

Toni Morrison A. Barry Rand Bernice Johnson Reagon George Shirley Anna Deavere Smith Billy Taylor Shirley Verrett Andre Watts Cornel West Olly Wilson Robert Wilson George C. Wolfe Rachael Worby