A former Michigan governor is being posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian ...

WASHINGTON — In one of his last official acts as president, Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 ...

The ceremony took place inside the White House East Room, where Biden noted President Lincoln met and Frederick Douglass ...

While Denzel Washington, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and the late Fannie Lou Hamer may all be legends in their own respective ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Caitlin Cass talked about Fannie Lou Hamer's contributions to civil rights. Author Caitlin Cass talked about Fannie Lou Hamer's ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, who is the 11th ...

When Fannie Lou Hamer learned of her right to vote, it changed her life from that day on. In August of 1962, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee traveled to Ruleville, Mississippi to ...

President Biden celebrated 19 recipients, with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

President Joe Biden awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 remarkable individuals. Among the honorees ...

President Joe Biden awarded Mississippian Fannie Lou Hamer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hamer was a founder of the ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, who famously registered Black voters ... Magic Johnson rose from the playground in Lansing, Michigan to become one of the most beloved athletes of our time.” ...