| 2019 | | Kathleen Farrell & Si Kahn |
| 2018 | | John McCutcheon & Lynn Marie Smith |
| 2017 | | Bev Grant & Janet Stecher |
| 2016 | | Luci Murphy & Jimmy Kelly |
| 2015 | | Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble |
| 2014 | | Pat Wynne & Charlie King |
| 2013 | | Barbara Bailey & Shelley Kessler |
| 2012 | | Saul Schniderman & Pablo Davis |
| 2011 | | Jon Fromer & Bobbie Rabinowitz |
| 2010 | | Jerry Gray |
| 2009 | | Ricardo Levins Morales |
| 2008 | | Peter Jones |
| 2007 | | Julius Margolin |
| 2006 | | Joe Uehlein |
| 2005 | | Anne Feeney |
| 2004 | | Utah Phillips |
| 2003 | | Hazel Dickens |
| 2002 | | Faith Petric |
| 2001 | | Baldemar Velasquez |
| 2000 | | Rev. James Orange |
| 1999 | | Guy and Candie Carawan |
| 1998 | | Archie Green |
| 1997 | | Joe Glazer |
| 1996 | | Anne Romaine |
| 1995 | | Pete Seeger |
| 1994 | | Moe Foner |
| 1993 | | Cesar Chavez |
| 1992 | | Joyce Kornbluh |
| 1991 | | Ralph Fasanella |
| 1990 | | Emmanuel Fried |
| 1989 | | John Handcox |
