2022

Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick

W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2022
71st Governor of Massachusetts, Civil Rights Leader

Mr. Patrick is Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a Senior Advisor to...

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Raymond J. McGuire

Raymond J. McGuire

W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2022
Business Executive, Philanthropist, Chairman of the Studio Museum in Harlem

With a career spanning nearly four decades, Raymond J, McGuire has distinguished himself as a leader in the financial world as well as a philanthropist...

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Agnes Gund

Agnes Gund

W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2022
President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Founder of Studio in a School

Agnes Gund is president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art and chair of its...

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Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox

W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2022
Actress, Producer, LGBT Advocate

With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-...

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Harvard Gazette, 'Seven honorees to be awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medal'

Harvard Gazette, 'Seven honorees to be awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medal'

September 21, 2022
The Hutchins Center Honors are back with a new slate of honorees after a nearly three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The W.E.B Du Bois Medal will be awarded to seven honorees “who embody the values of commitment and resolve that are fundamental to the Black experience in America” for their contributions to African and African American culture, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research announced on Wednesday.
Moody-Turner

Shirley Moody-Turner

Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Spring 2023: Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow

Shirley Moody-Turner is Associate professor of English and African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Her...

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Bindman

David Bindman

2023-2024
Image of the Black Archive & Library Fellow

David Bindman is Emeritus Durning-Lawrence Professor of the History of Art at University College London. Author of many distinguished...

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