The Frederick Douglass Medal

Frederick Douglass lived for many years in Rochester, New York. The University of Rochester, and its Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, created a new award to acknowledge both scholarship and civic engagement that honor the Douglass' legacy.

The first-ever Frederick Douglass medals were awarded on Sept. 23, 2008, to:

• David Kearns, retired CEO of Xerox Corp. and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush
• 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, and New York State regent emeritus

Here is the YouTube video of that event.