Tracy Morgan will make history as the first Black person to receive the Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award.
Marian Wright Edelman, Ava DuVernay and Venus and Serena Williams will be honored by the National Portrait Gallery.
Visionary Spike Lee will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award.
Malachi Jones, 17, will be the recipient of the 2018 Gold Medal Portfolio as part of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
