Fannie Lou Hamer receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jan 4, 2025 · WASHINGTON — In one of his last official acts as president, Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous award to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, who died in 1977. The Delta native is the 11th Mississippian to receive the honor since 1964. The ...
Fannie Lou Hamer To Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jan 4, 2025 · WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 4, 2025 – In one of his last official acts, President Joseph R. Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous award to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer who died in 1977.
Magic Johnson, Denzel Washington, Fannie Lou Hamer Honored …
Jan 5, 2025 · WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 4: Doris Hamer Richardson, niece of late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her behalf from U.S. President Joe Biden...
Biden awards Denzel Washington, Magic Johnson and Fannie Lou Hamer …
Jan 4, 2025 · President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients on Saturday afternoon, including Black American luminaries, actor Denzel Washington, former NBA star and...
Mississippi civil rights icon awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jan 5, 2025 · Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Saturday, President Joe Biden awarded 19 recipients the prestigious medal at the White House. Hamer is the 11th person from Mississippi to receive the award.
Biden honours Wintour, Bono and Soros with Medal of Freedom
Jan 4, 2025 · Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Michael J Fox, Bono and Anna Wintour ... civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer and former Governor of Michigan George W Romney will receive the ...
Who Are the Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Jan 4, 2025 · Fannie Lou Hamer (posthumous) Ms. Hamer, a civil rights activist and the co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, fought for equal representation in politics after being born into ...
Hillary Clinton, George Soros receive Presidential Medal of Freedom ...
Jan 4, 2025 · President Joe Biden, right, posthumously presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to Doris Hamer Richardson on behalf of her late aunt Fannie Lou Hamer in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Soros, Messi
Jan 4, 2025 · President Biden is awarding the Medal of Freedom to 19 people, including civil rights icons such as the late Fannie Lou Hamer and prominent political leaders such as former Secretary of State ...
Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Fannie Lou Hamer
Jan 8, 2025 · Almost 58 years after her death on March 14, 1977, President Joe Biden posthumously awarded civil rights champion Fannie Lou Hamer the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jan. 4.