{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Commencement","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement","author_name":"Carol D'Onofrio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/author\/cdonofrio-s\/","title":"Earl Lewis","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"C22iS6UU8o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/recipients\/earl-lewis\/\">Earl Lewis<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/recipients\/earl-lewis\/embed\/#?secret=C22iS6UU8o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Earl Lewis&#8221; &#8212; Commencement\" data-secret=\"C22iS6UU8o\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/earl-lewis.jpg","thumbnail_width":282,"thumbnail_height":282,"description":"Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Dr. Earl Lewis, social historian and president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dr. Lewis, from your formative years spent in Southern segregated schools, you have built a scholarly career devoted to the field of African American studies. At the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, [&hellip;]"}