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Outstanding Medal of Freedom Honorees:
Angelou, Lewis
and Russell
by
M arc H. M orial
With all the drama
surrounding jobs and tax
cuts lately, you may
have missed a recent
bit of good news. On
N ov. 17, P re sid e n t
O bam a announced that next
year, he will present the 2010
Medal of Freedom, the nation’s
highest civilian honor, to 14 out­
standing individuals. Among
them are Maya Angelou, Bill
Russell and John Lewis, three
African Americans who over­
came barriers of hatred and rac­
ism to make historic contribu­
tions to American democracy,
human dignity and civil rights.
Dating back to the Adminis­
tration of President Truman, the
Medal o f Freedom is “presented
to individuals who have made
especially meritorious contribu­
tions to the security or national
interests o f the United States, to
world peace, or to cultural or
other significant public or pri­
vate endeavors.’’
Past w inners have
included M other Teresa,
Colin Powell, Dorothy
H e ig h t,
T h u rg o o d
M a rsh a ll and D uke
Ellington. We applaud
P re sid en t O bam a for
adding M aya Angelou,
John Lewis, and Bill Russell to
that esteem ed com pany. In
making his announcement here
is what the President said:
“ Dr. M aya A n gelou is a
prominent and celebrated au­
thor, poet, educator, producer,
actress, filmmaker, and civil rights
activist, who is currently the
Reynolds Professor of Ameri­
can Studies at W ake Forest
University. She has served on
two presidential committees, was
awarded the Presidential Medal
for the Arts in 2000 and the
Lincoln Medal in 2008.
“John Lewis is an American
hero and a giant of the Civil
Rights Movement. He served
as chairman of the Student Non­ which encompasses all of At­
violent Coordinating Committee, lanta.
helped to organize the first lunch-
“Bill Russell is the former
counter sit-in in 1959 at the age Boston Celtics’ Captain who al­
of 19, and was the youngest most single-handedly redefined
speaker at the 1963 March on the game of basketball. Russell
Washington. In May 1961, he led the Celtics to a virtually un­
participated in the initial Free­ paralleled string of eleven cham ­
dom Ride, during which he en­ pionships in thirteen years and
dured violent attacks in Rock was named the N BA ’s Most
Hill, South Carolina, and M ont­ Valuable Player five times. The
gomery, Alabama.
first African American to coach
“ In 1964, he helped to coordi­ in the NBA— indeed he was the
nate the Mississippi Freedom first to coach a major sport at the
Project, and, in 1965, he led the professional level in the United
Selma-to-Montgomery march to States— Bill Russell is also an
petition for voting rights where impassioned advocate of human
m archers were brutally con­ rights. He marched with Dr.
fronted in an incident that be­ Martin Luther King, Jr., and has
came known as “Bloody Sun­ been a consistent advocate of
day.’’ Eight days later, President equality.”
Johnson addressed a joint ses­
As we enter the holiday sea­
sion of Congress, condemned son, let us pause to give thanks
the violence in Selma, and called for these three outstanding Medal
for passage of the Voting Rights of Freedom honorees who con­
Act, which was enacted within tinue to light our way.
months. Since 1987, John Lewis
Marc H. Morial is presi­
has continued his service to the dent and chief executive of­
nation as the U.S. Representa­ ficer of the National Urban
tive for G eorgia’s 5th District, League.
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