2012 Sackler Center First Awards: Johnnetta B. Cole
Channel: Brooklyn Museum
Date: 2012-11-14

Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole served as the first African American woman president of Spelman College. She was also president of Bennett College for Women and is the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. 

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields were honored with Sackler Center First Awards. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art. The event was presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem and hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. The award was designed by Judy Chicago. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.