American Football Star and Activist, Colin Kaepernick honored with W.E.B Du Bois Medal at the sixth annual Hutchins Centre Honors presented by the Hutchins Centre for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
The medal is considered “Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American studies” and 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.”
Previous recipients honored include Muhammad Ali (2015) and Maya Angelou (2014), among others.