Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi civil rights activist was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 4 alongside 18 others.

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

and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...

President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to Black luminaries, Denzel Washington, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Fannie Lou ...

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

The Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded 654 times between 1963 and 2024, according to the Congressional Research ...

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 4: Doris Hamer Richardson, niece of late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer ... recognized posthumously, joining Robert F. Kennedy, Ashton Carter, and George ...

Fox, the late Robert ... John F. Kennedy selected 31 recipients, including Marian Anderson, the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Fannie Lou Hamer, who famously ...

Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi ... American Film Institute founder George Stevens Jr.; entrepreneur and LGBTQ ...

Biden will also posthumously grant the medal to former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former Michigan Gov.