The BTWS Wright Award

   The Society's Wright Award was established in 2006 to annually honor individuals who have "demonstrated a long and continued passion for preserving the vision, values and virtues of Dr. Booker T. Washington."

2006 - The award is named in honor of Elizabeth D. Wright.
   Ms. Wright toiled "in the trenches" for years in spirited and loud defense of the vision and values that Dr. Washington espoused. In 1985, she created and published a newsletter Issues & Views, a time when many neighbors and peers simply dismissed Dr. Washington as "a sell out".
Along the way, her newsletter became a platform for several other luminaries in their own light, notably Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams.

   (Washington DC, April 7, 2006) Long-time friend and Society Charter member, William Richard Craft (above left), accepting the award on Mother Theora's behalf, who was unable to attend.

Sister Theora Richards is the 1st recipient of the Society's Wright Award. For years she championed Booker T. Washington's economic programs, founded the Booker T. Washington Appreciation Circle in the 70's and gave lectures promoting Washington's hidden legacy throughout New York City.
   "Mother Theora" as she was affectionately known in later years, wrote several books, of which her best known was the culmination of five years of research to develop slide shows and programs to spread the word of Booker T. Washington, Economic Power: The Original Plan of Booker T. Washington ('78) with accompanying DVD (2000).
In Grateful Memory: b. October 28, 1916 - d. December 7, 2007.