UPDATED with more details: Howard University is renaming its College of Fine Arts after Chadwick Boseman, who attended the college before going on to become an A-list actor playing iconic roles including Black Panther, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson and James Brown.The honor comes after Boseman’s death in the prime of his career last August at age 43 from colon cancer.
It also comes after Howard recently named Phylicia Rashad as dean of the recently reestablished College of Fine Arts.As a student from 1997-2000, Boseman led protests against the HBCU’s plan to absorb the department into the College of Arts & Sciences.
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