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Congratulations are in order! Comedian, #DaveChapelle and former #NFL quarterback #ColinKaepernick are officially Harvard honorees! On October 11th both Chapelle and Kaepernick were amongst eight other recipients to receive the #WEBDuBois medal for their contributions to #BlackHistory and #Blackculture .
According to #USAToday ; the ceremony took place Thursday afternoon and was conducted directly by the Hutchinson Center for African and African American Research at Harvard.