
Frederick Douglass Medal

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.
2017
Constance Mitchell
Social, civic, political, and industrial activist; first woman and first African-American to serve on the Monroe County Legislature
2016
Frederick Jefferson
University Intercessor and Professor Emeritus at the Warner School; pioneer and champion of diversity and inclusivity at the University
2013
Yolanda Moses
Scholar on the origins of social inequality; former president of the City College of New York
2012
Garth Fagan
Tony Award–winning choreographer
2010
Deborah Gray White
Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers University; pioneering scholar in the field of African-American women's history
Fall 2008
David Kearns
Retired CEO of Xerox Corp. and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush
VIDEO: David Kearns
Walter Cooper
Retired research scientist at Eastman Kodak Co.; one of the founding members of the Rochester chapter of the National Urban League and Action for a Better Community; New York State regent emeritus
VIDEO: Walter Cooper
Spring 2008
Lani Guinier
Professor of law at Harvard University
Gerald Torres
Professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin