- ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY HONORARY PH.D.
- CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY HONORARY PH.D.
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- CITY OF NEW YORK THE COUNCIL CITATION
- COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY COLONEL
- ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION
- OFFICE OF THE LT. GOVERNOR AMBASSADOR FOR THE ARTS
- OUTWARD BOUND
- FULTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROCLAMATION
- MAYOR CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
- PRIDE INDE ESTEEM AWARDS
- NATIONAL BLACK COLLEGE ALUMNI HALL OF FAME
Awards
- TONY AWARD WINNER
- TWO TIME AWARD NOMINEE
- EUGENE MCDERMOTT AWARD
- CAMIE AWARD
- JULIA HANSEN AWARD
- GEORGIA MUSIC HALL OF FAME
- CONNECTICUT CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
- CHRISTOPHER AWARD
- BOSTON THEATRE AWARDS
- HUNTINGTON THEATRE WIMBERLY AWARD
- FOX 5 LIVING LEGEND AWARD
- GEORGIA ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
- ATLANTA BUSINESS LEAGUE TRAILBLAZER AWARD
- BEVERLY HILLS/HOLLYWOOD THEATRE AWARD
- ATLANTA HAWKS TRAILBLAZER AWARD
- MARTELL COGNAC RISE ABOVE AWARD
- MOREHOUSE COLLEGE CANDLE AWARD
- CBC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- BRONZELENS TRAILBLAZER AWARD
- GEORGIA COMMISSION
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS WOMEN ARTS AWARD
- SOUTHERN COMPANY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AWARD