Howard University will award Stevenson an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Due to the pandemic and safety requirements, Stevenson will address the members of the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 in a modified ceremony for graduates only. Frederick, M.D., MBA is pleased to announce that Bryan Stevenson, social justice activist and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), will deliver the keynote address during Howard UniversityвЂ™s 153rd Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Washington, Ap(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Howard University President Wayne A. Bryan Stevenson, social justice activist and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), will deliver the keynote address during Howard UniversityвЂ™s 153rd Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The вЂњWhat Makes a Nobel?вЂќ exhibit opens June 1 and runs through the end of 2021.Bryan Stevenson, social justice activist and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), will deliver the keynote address during Howard UniversityвЂ™s 153rd Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 2021. At about the end of this month the man who holds probably the most exalted position in contemporary English letters is to arrive here for a visit.вЂќДЄlongside Livraria LelloвЂ™s installation are stories from the literary careers of various authors, more than 650 works are available (in several languages) and a special room dedicated to JosГ© Saramago, the only Portuguese writer to win the Nobel. TIME wrote of the novelist: вЂњJoseph Conrad, rover of the seven seas, has never set foot in the United States. The pencil drawing by artist Gordon Stevenson would mark the beginning of nearly 100 writers, poets, authors and playwrights to grace TIMEвЂ™s cover. Just five weeks later, novelist Joseph Conrad would become the first writer to appear on the cover of TIME. The first writer to appear on the cover was Jospeh Conrad on April 7, 1923. The first cover of TIME and the Books section from March 3, 1923. It is valuable as an examination of social strats and their relationship.вЂќ The first issue also featured a reading list, suggesting Babbitt by 1930 Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis, and the magazineвЂ™s first book review вЂ“ Black Oxen by Getrude Atherton, which TIME wrote is вЂњnot to be read as a dissection of humanity.

Half of the issueвЂ™s advertisements were for book publishers, including вЂњa handsome 10-volume special editionвЂќ of works by 1921 Nobel Prize winner Anatole France selling for $17.50. TIME has championed writers and authors since its inaugural issue on March 3, 1923, which featured a Book section, directly following National Affairs and Foreign News. вЂњWe want to arouse curiosity for these authors and, consequently, curiosity about books,вЂќ explains Aurora Pedro Pinto of LivrariaвЂ™s executive board. Writers on the cover of TIME who 'could have' won the Nobel Prize in Literature, as selected by Livraria LelloДЄside from Nobel winners, Livraria Lello also chose to recognize more than 100 writers who вЂњcould haveвЂќ received the award, many of whom were also featured on TIME covers: from William Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf James Joyce to J.R.R.

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