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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Hutchins Center Honors presents the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony
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SUMMARY:Hutchins Center Honors presents the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="03744afb-0a33-4dd7-b40e-f224514e431e" alt="Event flyer - information is repeated below" data-view-mode="hwp_full_width"></drupal-media></p><p>	<strong>Honorees</strong></p><div>	<strong>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</strong>, NBA Hall of Famer, Author, Cultural Critic</div><div>	<strong>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</strong>, Writer</div><div>	<strong>Laverne Cox</strong>, Actress, Producer, LGBT Advocate</div><div>	<strong>Agnes Gund</strong>, President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Founder of Studio in a School</div><div>	<strong>Raymond J. McGuire</strong>, Business Executive, Philanthropist, Chairman of the Studio Museum in Harlem</div><div>	<strong>Deval Patrick</strong>, 71st Governor of Massachusetts, Civil Rights Leader</div><div>	<strong>Betye Saar</strong>, Artist</div><div>	 </div><p>	Free tickets available on Tuesday, September 27 at Noon via the Harvard Box Office. For more information visit <a data-url="https://boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp" href="https://boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp" title="">boxoffice.harvard.edu</a></p><div>	<strong>The Harvard Box Office</strong></div><div>	Office for the Arts</div><div>	617.496.2222</div><div>	boxoffice.harvard.edu | tickets@fas.harvard.edu</div><div>	 </div><div>	The Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center</div><div>	1350 Massachusetts Avenue</div><div>	Cambridge, MA</div><div>	 </div><div>	 </div><div>	The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard's highest honor in the field of African and African American studies. It is awarded to individuals in the United States and across the globe in recognition of their contributions to African and African American culture and the life of the mind.<br aria-hidden="true" clear="none"><br aria-hidden="true" clear="none">Recipients have included scholars, artists, writers, journalists, philanthropists, and public servants whose work has bolstered the field of African and African American studies.</div><p>	<a data-url="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/seven-honorees-to-be-awarded-w-e-b-du-bois-medal/" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/seven-honorees-to-be-awarded-w-e-b-du-bois-medal/" title="">Harvard Gazette (Sept 21, 2022): 'Seven honorees to be awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medal'</a></p><p>	<a href="internal:/hutchins-center-honors" title="">Past Medalists and Videos</a></p>
LOCATION:Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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