Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

to heart disease and heart failure. However, his legacy will forever be remembered through the John Steinbeck Award, which is given annually to the individual that had contributed the most in society to the spirit of John Steinbeck. Some previous recipients have included musicians Joan Baez and Jackson Browne, and filmmaker Ken Burns. John is also honored at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California, and in 2007, was inducted into the California Hall of

2013 at the Interfaith Service to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. He was a feature performer at the Presidential Inauguration for Barack Obama in 2009. Yo-Yo means

not be where we are today if it weren’t for each accomplishment. But to name all his massive political triumphs in order of their occurrence I can: King was chosen to head the Montgomery Improvement Association, he became the youngest recipient of the Spingarn Medal, he became president of a group known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he led a “nonviolent army” to protest against discrimination in Albany, he campaigned to achieve the desegregation of many public facilities in Birmingham

called them “enemy aliens”, and for their country, the United States . The Unit of 442nd Regimental Combat Team became the most highly decorated regiment in the history of the United States armed forces, including 21 Medal of Honor recipients, approximately 9,500 Purple Hearts, 8 Presidential Unit Citations, 4,00 Bronze Stars, and many many more. Its motto was strong and powerful- “Go For

Discrimination, oppression, and gender inequality are acts that one would not think happens in our present day society. African Americans have suffered racial prejudice and injustice in this nation for many decades. The quest for equality and civil rights has been a never ending struggle even before the famous 1960’s civil rights movement that was spear headed by Martin Luther King Jr. and many others. Even though Thomas Jefferson wrote the famous words in the Declaration of Independence “all men

Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson on the 4th of April 1928, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Stamps, Arkansas. Maya Angelou is regarded as one of the most noteworthy, influential voices of modern society with over 50 doctorate degrees. She became a distinguished poet, educator, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, memoirist, and civil rights activist throughout her life. In the 1930’s and 1940’s, Stamps, Arkansas was the embodiment of brutality and racial discrimination

presidents were not chosen and why more recent presidents have not been added. Having said that, the scope of this assignment has led me to think about who I, if given the chance, would choose to have on the face of this mountain whose new name will be “Freedom Fighters.” The Miriam Webster definition is: “a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment”. The landmark will be located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as this was our nation’s original capital

to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first

in 1962 at the age of 20, daughter Paula was born a year later” (PBS.org)Her daughter was born on october 22, 1963 , “I wanted to be like my grandfather because my mother had a terrible life and he had all the privileges and the power and the freedom and the car – I think that was the moment I started to rebel against all male authority: the police, the church, everything. I was so angry and my mother was very worried because she thought I was never going to catch a husband. I wasn’t particularly

Rosa Parks got fired from her job and is unable to find work, she moves to Detroit in 1957, where she remained active in the civil rights movement and works as an aid to U.S. Representative John Conyers. Parks is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’s highest honor, in 1999 (Rosa Louise Parks 1/1). ` African Americans has been protesting public transportation for years. By the late 1800s, African Americans has boycotted streetcars, and resistance continued into the 1900s. The events