December 4, 2013
President Barack Obama delivers awards the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom to minister, author, and close friend and lieutenant of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 20, 2013.
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President Obama Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
The Presidential Medal of Freedom, established 50 years ago by President John F. Kennedy, is our nation’s highest civilian honor. The medal has been presented to more than 500 individuals who have made especially “meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”