#  Hutchins Center Honors presents the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony  

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 22, 2019** 

 04:00PM - 04:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

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##  Honorees:

 **Elizabeth Alexander,** Poet, Educator, and President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

 **Lonnie G. Bunch III,** Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

 **Rita Dove,** Poet

 **Sheila C. Johnson,** Philanthropist, Co-Founder of Black Entertainment Television

 **Kerry James Marshall,** Artist

 **Queen Latifah,** Musical Artist, Producer, Actor

 **Robert F. Smith,** Philanthropist and Founder, Chairman & CEO of Vista Equity Partners

 Closing Remarks by **Cornel West**

 Free tickets available on October 15 at Noon via the Harvard Box Office. For more information visit [boxoffice.harvard.edu](https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp)

 [Past Medalists and Videos](/hutchins-center-honors)



 

 



 

 

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