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Civil rights leader, Mississippi native Medgar Evers posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of...
The Vicksburg Post· 2 days agoMississippi native and civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday. Evers, who was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan member outside his ...
NASA astronaut and director Ellen Ochoa awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
SPACE.com· 4 hours agoEllen Ochoa, who later directed NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, was bestowed with the...
Biden gives Katie Ledecky, Michelle Yeoh the Medal of Freedom
Reuters· 1 day agoA winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a...
Admired by all, Homeboy leader Father Boyle gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
Los Angeles Daily News· 2 days agoAfter the 1992 L.A. riots, Boyle launched Homeboy Bakery where ex-prisoners and gang members learned...
Oklahoma legend Jim Thorpe honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
KOCO 5 Oklahoma City· 23 hours agoOne of Oklahoma's greatest athletes, Jim Thorpe, was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the country's...
Biden Aims to Quell Voter Anxiety on Campus Protests
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHale worked on President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign, as well as the unsuccessful presidential runs of Al Gore,John Kerry, and Hillary...
LA-based non-profit founder Father Greg Boyle receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 2 days agoFather Greg Boyle, the founder and director of the Los Angeles non-profit Homeboy Industries, will...
President Biden to Award Michelle Yeoh, Phil Donahue and Mike Bloomberg the Medal of Freedom
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Biden on Friday announced that he would be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to...
Jim Thorpe, the World’s Greatest Athlete, Posthumously Honored with the Presidential Medal of...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLegendary athlete Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox/Potawatomi) is among the 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom...
Judy Shepard, Nancy Pelosi, and queer scientist Jane Rigby among Medal of Freedom honorees
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 days agoReps. Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn; former Secretary of State John Kerry; former Vice President Al...