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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential Medal of Freedom stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - This year's Medal of Freedom recipients share a capacity to change the world, President Obama said today in naming the eclectic group. Among the 16 honorees are Sen. Ted Kennedy, slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, actor Sidney Poitier, tennis great Billie Jean King, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day... More »

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Sidney Poitier • Senate • Stephen Hawking • Desmond Tutu • tennis • Ted Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • civil rights • Presidential Medal of Freedom • US Supreme Court • US Senate • Billie Jean King • Jack Kemp • President Obama • Harvey Milk • Nancy Goodman Brinker • Pedro Jose Greer • Joseph Lowery • Joseph Medicine Crow • Chita Rivera • Mary Robinson • Janet Davison Rowley • Muhammad Yunus

Tony Blair Tapped for US Medal of Freedom

Former prime minister was staunch US ally

Jan 6, 09 2:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a staunch ally of President Bush on the war in Iraq, is to receive the highest US civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Blair, who is now an Middle East peace envoy for the Quartet—Russia, the US, the EU and UN—will... More »

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Tony Blair • John Howard • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush

Harper Lee Awarded Medal of Freedom

Civil rights pioneer Hooks also receives highest civilian honor

Nov 6, 07 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Author Harper Lee and NAACP pioneer Benjamin Hooks yesterday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, for their work for racial equality. Lee, 81, wrote the 1960 Pulitzer-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird, which challenged racism and was made into a powerful movie featuring Gregory Peck. The... More »

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Tennessee • civil rights • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Harper Lee • Benjamin Hooks • To Kill A Mockingbird • NAACP • civil rights movement

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