Anita Hill to receive 'Courage Award' for 'truthtelling'
Anita Hill, pictured here with director Spike Lee at the 2019 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Luncheon, is the recipient of the PEN America Courage Award.
Now she’s been named the winner of this year’s Courage Award from the literary and human-rights organization PEN America, which lauds champions of free expression.
"Anita Hill stepped alone into the glare of the public spotlight to call out abuses that others insisted be forgotten or overlooked,” PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement. “She has devoted her life since then to teaching, writing, and speaking out—in the process, helping to catalyze a global movement that is essential to the achievement of equality.”
The award means more time for Hill in the limelight: she’ll collect the award at a May gala hosted by comedian John Oliver. Other award winners at the ceremony will include Saudi women’s-rights activists Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan, as well as The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward.
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