MLK banquet honorees

Winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Banquet

Edgar H. Price Jr. Humanitarian Award: Charles Smith

Louise Rogers Johnson Humanitarian Award: Shirley Pearson

Small Business Owner Award: Joe and Veronica Forney, Kojak's Palmetto Rib House

Outstanding Citizenship Awards: Manatee County S.M.A.R.T. Team of Eric Angersoll, Travas Green, Gary Phillips, Christopher Spriggs, James "Casey" Turner

Government Award: Michael Gallen