President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a diverse group of 19 individuals.
The 10 men and nine women hail from the worlds of politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights and LGBTQ+ advocacy, science and religion.Clarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and heard the person on the other end say they were calling from the White House.
“These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better,” the announcement from the White House said. “They are the pinnacle of leadership in their fields. They consistently demonstrated over their careers the power of community, hard work, and science.”Seven politicians are among the recipients: former New York mayor and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., former Sen.
Pelosi is the first and only woman ever elected to the speaker's post, putting her second in the line of succession to the presidency. Jim Thorpe, who died in 1953, was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. — Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space and the second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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