Two Black Scholars Receive the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
The Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement is the premier recognition of excellence in scholarship by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. This prestigious annual prize, open to scholars across diverse fields and disciplines, honors those whose work has made outstanding contributions to humanity’s knowledge, appreciation, and cultivation of the good, the true, and the beautiful. Ten scholars were presented with the Barry Prize in 2024. Two of the 10 recipients are African Americans. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. An The post Two Black Scholars Receive the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement appeared first on HBCU News.
The Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement is the premier recognition of excellence in scholarship by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. This prestigious annual prize, open to scholars across diverse fields and disciplines, honors those whose work has made outstanding contributions to humanity’s knowledge, appreciation, and cultivation of the good, the true, and the beautiful. Ten scholars were presented with the Barry Prize in 2024. Two of the 10 recipients are African Americans. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. An
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