Queen Latifah to Be Honored With
Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal.
Harvard University recently
named Queen Latifah as one
of seven recipients of the
W.E.B. Du Bois Medal.
She will receive the medal on Oct. 22 alongside
others such as philanthropist Sheila Johnson, artist
Kerry James Marshall and poet Rita Dove.
The medal is named in commemoration of
Du Bois’s feat as the first black student to graduate
with a doctorate degree from Harvard in 1895. .
Receiving the medal is considered
one of Harvard’s highest honors.
According to Harvard, the medal is awarded to
individuals who contribute to African and African
American culture and the “life of the mind.”.
Recipients have included scholars, artists,
writers, journalists, philanthropists, and public
servants whose work has bolstered the field of
African and African American studies, via Harvard University .
Other well-known past recipients of the medal include
Quincy Jones, Colin Kaepernick and Oprah Winfrey.