Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among horees being recognized by Harvard University in 2019 for ir contributions to black history and culture. Harvard is set to award W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Queen Latifah and six or recipients on October 22, according to Cambridge, Massachusetts, school's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Or horees include poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander, Secretary of Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch III, poet Rita Dove, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television Sheila Johnson, artist Kerry James Marshall and Robert Smith, founder, chairman, and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners. award is named after Du Bois, a scholar, writer, editor, and civil rights pioneer who became first black student to earn a doctorate from Harvard in 1895.

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Latifah's recent engments

Queen Latifah hosted Women’s Achieve Summit this week in Richmond, Virginia. Tuesday summit will coincide with 400th anniversary of recruitment of English women in significant numbers in Virginia colony. In vember 1619, 147 English women were recruited to join Jamestown’s male settlers. summit will feature table female business leers, politicians, and activists who will hor 400 years of women’s achievements.

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Queen Latifah didn't accept Marian Anderson Award in 2018

On October 12, 2018, Queen Latifah said that she is “unable to accept” an award named for a pioneering opera singer, citing personal reasons. Marian Anderson Award me anuncement on its website. organization wasn’t more explicit, and Queen Latifah’s spokeswoman did t immediately return an email on Friday. award is given in Philelphia to critically acclaimed artists for ir humanitarian work. Anderson was first black singer to perform at Metropolitan Opera. Past winners have included Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, and Quincy Jones. Born Dana Owens, Queen Latifah won a Grammy for her 1994 album “Black Reign” and earned an Oscar mination for her role in 2002′s “Chicago.” organization says its v. 20 awards gala will be rescheduled, and it “hopes to hor Queen Latifah in future.”

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