Robert F. Kennedy, public science educator Bill Nye, and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that can be awarded ...

President Joe Biden, center, prepares to present the Presidential Medal ... was posthumously awarded her Medal of Freedom, which was accepted by Doris Hamer Richardson, a relative.

On Saturday, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous award to Mississippi Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer who died in 1977.

niece of late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her behalf from U.S. President Joe Biden in the East Room at the White House on January 4 ...

As Mississippi and the nation face new challenges, Bennie Thompson's legacy serves as a beacon of hope and a reminder of the ...

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President Joe Biden, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting ...

Ralph Lauren received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden ... Fox, Tim Gill, Jane Goodall, Fannie Lou Hamer (posthumous), Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Robert Francis Kennedy ...

The White House said the Medal of Freedom recipients have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to nineteen individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, science, and advocacy in a ceremony at the White House. Recipients ...

Ralph Lauren was honored today as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to nineteen recipients chosen by President Joe Biden, in a ceremony held in Washington D.C. The award, which ...