Anna Deavere Smith and NEH Chairman William Adams discuss the 2015 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright, and professor, will deliver the 2015 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on April 6, 2015 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The annual lecture, which is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for r distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. See www.NEH.gov for more details