Lifetime achievement award from the Bimbe' Cultural Arts Festival and the City of Durham Parks and Recreation Department (first recipient), 1996

Most of the items in this group consist of plaques and awards Dr. Lincoln received in the late 1980s and 1990s. Also included are issues of magazines he found relevant, drawings and other oversized materials. The awards relfect Licnoln's lifelong involvement and achievement in research, academia and the church. Of note are a series of drawings by Vertis Hayes that were to be included in a book of biographies of African Americans.