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Frederick Douglass Medal


Frederick Douglass Medal

Created in 2008, the Frederick Douglass Medal is awarded by the University of Rochester and its Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies to acknowledge both scholarship and civic engagement that honor the Douglass' legacy.

On September 23, Frederick Douglass medals will be awarded to two men who have continued the famed abolitionist's battle for equal opportunity.

David KearnsDavid Kearns, retired CEO of Xerox Corp. and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush.

The medals will be presented at an inaugural Frederick Douglass Dinner in the Sarah Flaum Atrium at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

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