2020

Ida B. Wells – [American]
 (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931)

For her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.

2019

Aretha Franklin – [American]
(March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018)

For her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.