In 2002, Bankston was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield, the traditional home of the Longs. In 2007, he received the first annual "T. J. Jemison Race Relations Award" from the Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, named for the black minister and [[civil rights]] advocate, Theodore Judson "T. J." Jemison (1918-2013). Bankston was recognized for "working to bring people together regardless of their race, ethnicity, or religious backgrounds."<ref name=obit/> | In 2002, Bankston was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield, the traditional home of the Longs. In 2007, he received the first annual "T. J. Jemison Race Relations Award" from the Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, named for the black minister and [[civil rights]] advocate, Theodore Judson "T. J." Jemison (1918-2013). Bankston was recognized for "working to bring people together regardless of their race, ethnicity, or religious backgrounds."<ref name=obit/> |