2015 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Recipients
| Name | School |
| Maryjoy Eduarte | Centennial High School |
| Deanna edwards | Centennial High School |
| Stanley Godia | Urbana High School |
| Johnesha hunt | Urbana High School |
| Meagan Khoshaba | Central High School |
| D’Mayza McClure | Central high School – Herb Stevens Awardee |
| Raevonne Powell | Centennial High School |
| Shameem Razack | Centennial High School |
| Han Tan | Centennial High School |
| Sonia Toe | Centennial High School |
| Timothy Burnett, Jr. (Alternative) | Urbana High School |
| Priscille Levi (Alternative) | Centennial High School |
2014 Recipients
| Name | School |
| Ficara Akins | Parkland College |
| Ayonna Britt | DePaul University |
| Kathryn Brown | Iowa State University |
| Avona Green | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Wandjell Harvey-Robinson | Indiana State |
| Gorgeous Jones | Parkland College |
| Abigaelle Aminata Ngamboma | Illinois State University |
| Byron Smith, Jr. | Parkland College |
| Gilliane Mae Talavera | Parkland College |
2013 Recipients
| Name | School |
| Deanna Briscoe | Spellman College |
| Marialicia Chavez | Lincoln College |
| Taylor Dent | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Dian Dwiyanti | |
| Rontez McClure | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Arati Paudel | Parkland College |
| Carlos Rodriguez | Parkland College |
| Ashlee Smith | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Kourtni Turner | Parkland College |
| Reo Williams | Northern Illinois University |
2012 Recipients
| Name | School |
| Daneya Burnett | Eastern Illinois University |
| Montego Dubose | DePaul University |
| Jessica Heath | Howard University |
| Jamil Henderson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Agathe Ilunga | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| Dominique Johnson | Eastern Illinois University |
| Waleed Khan | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Traeiaunna King | Tennessee State University |
| D’Mario Turner | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Aaron Winston | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2011 Recipients
| Name | School |
| Denzel Ballard | Parkland College |
| Nidia Duenas | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Ashton Gwin | Parkland College |
| Yupeng Hou | MIT |
| Myisha Howard | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| LaShade Mwale-Anderson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Laeticia Ngaboma | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Asilah Patterson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Miranda Rodriguez | Lincoln College |
| Lakeisha Turner | Parkland College |
