#  W. E. B. DuBois Medal Recipients 

 



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##  W. E. B. DuBois Medal Recipients 

 



  [### Other Medals Awarded in 2013

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   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2014

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   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2015

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   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2018

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   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2019

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   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2022

 ](/people/other-medals-awarded-2022) 

   [### Medals Awarded in 2023

 ](/people/medals-awarded-2023) 

   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2024

 ](/people/other-medals-awarded-2024) 

   [### Other Medals Awarded in 2025

 ](/people/other-medals-awarded-2025) 

   [### Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

 ](https://youtu.be/87E2n4FwHPU?si=ykdnJeL9o-Te5CPF&t=8117) 

   [### Chinua Achebe

 ](/people/chinua-achebe) 

   [### Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 ](https://youtu.be/87E2n4FwHPU?si=y5aOFA6AsyI51Eq7&t=7075) 

   [### David Adjaye

 ](https://youtu.be/ibULy7GV4RI) 

   [### Francois Albemagnon

 ](/people/francois-albemagnon) 

   [### Elizabeth Alexander

 ](https://youtu.be/mCwczw2TgRk?t=4426) 

   [### Muhammad Ali

 ](https://youtu.be/3NAwKF8G4nY?t=1h51m33s) 

   [### Maya Angelou (posthumous)

 ](https://youtu.be/lNM2FHcFUZU) 

   [### K. Anthony Appiah

 ](/people/k-anthony-appiah) 

   [### Melba Pattillo Beals

 ](/people/melba-pattillo-beals) 

   [### Harry Belafonte

 ](https://youtu.be/xWdGSTEQBn0) 

   [### Ira Berlin

 ](/people/ira-berlin) 

   [### Sheila Biddle

 ](/people/sheila-biddle) 

   [### Gerard Bissainthe

 ](/people/gerard-bissainthe) 

   [### Lawrence D. Bobo

 ](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/lawrence-d-bobo) 

   [### Donna Brazile

 ](https://youtu.be/KS6CVMpbONg?t=43m54s) 

   [### Hugh M. Brother Blue

 ](/people/hugh-m-brother-blue) 

   [### Lonnie G. Bunch III

 ](https://youtu.be/mCwczw2TgRk?t=3623) 

   [### Randall K. Burkett

 ](/people/randall-k-burkett) 

   [### Ursula M. Burns

 ](https://youtu.be/K9D1qPga_nw?t=30m18s) 

   [### LeVar Burton

 ](/people/levar-burton) 

  

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