Gray and Nash are among 17 recipients who will be honored with the prestigious award. Both made an indelible mark on the civil rights movement. 

Politics

The conservative host now faces serious health problems.

The racist-in-chief gave the golfer the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to outgoing Vice President Joe Biden during a surprise ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

President Barack Obama will present the awards on November 24 during a ceremony at the White House.

An unsealed 2005 deposition detailing how comedian Bill Cosby used drugs on women he intended to have sex with is the latest controversy in the 77-year-old’s life, but that’s not what made his talent agency drop him, Deadline reports. Cosby, who admitted to obtaining Quaaludes to give to women in a decade-old testimony, was “quietly” […]

Nation

  Each year, the White House grants the Presidential Medal of Freedom to individuals who have made major social, political, and cultural contributions to the country. It’s recognized as the highest civilian honor. Later this month, President Obama will bestow the medal on nineteen distinguished recipients including musician Stevie Wonder, murdered civil rights activists James Chaney, […]

Today, the White House has announced that President Barack Obama will award 16 recipients with the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. Of that number, four African-Americans have been selected as well. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, civil rights leader Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, late  Martin Luther King, Jr. adviser Bayard Rustin, and Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks […]