The Texas Coalition of Black Democrats named the 2001 Mickey Leland Profiles of Courage Award Recipients at its quarterly conference in Austin recently.

Award recipients were: Ms. Deralyn Davis; the late Robin E.L. Washington Sr.; Dr. Jesse W. Jones; Jason Justice; Gene Collins and the organization’s president, Judge Morris Overstreet.
The Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson was the keynote speaker at the awards banquet.