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Juneteenth activist Opal Lee of Texas honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Denton Record-Chronicle· 5 days agoLee, a Fort Worth activist, is known for her long and successful effort to have Juneteenth...
Former Mass. Senator John Kerry to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFXT via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOpal Lee- Educator and activist known for her efforts to make Juneteenth a federally recognized ...
Jim Thorpe, the World’s Greatest Athlete, Posthumously Honored with the Presidential Medal of...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLegendary athlete Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox/Potawatomi) is among the 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom...
Cinco de Mayo a celebration of shared humanity
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoHeritage holidays remind all of us of a simple truth: Our ancestors all came from somewhere else...We all are Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, Juneteenth...
Columbia University president's 'impossible situation'
Fortune· 2 days agoAs part of the issue, the Spectator ran a poll of Columbia students, faculty, and staff. Among the questions: Should Columbia’s president resign? Minouche Shafik became president of Columbia ...
South Carolina's U.S. Rep. James Clyburn receives nation's highest civilian honor
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoUSA Today contributed to this article. Savannah Moss covers Greenville County politics and...
Jim Thorpe among 19 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden
The Express-Times· 5 days ago“I said, ‘Is this a joke or is this serious?’” Jones recalled. The caller swore they were serious...
Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
AOL· 5 days agoFather Greg Boyle, a Jesuit Catholic priest who founded the Homeboy Industries gang intervention program in Los Angeles, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian ...
Remarks by President Biden at Presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | The White House
The White House· 5 days agoSixty-one years ago, President Kennedy established the Presidential Medal of Freedom to recognize,...