President Biden celebrated 19 recipients, with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the ... who did not attend the event; retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball legend and businessman Earvin ...

Taking place at the White House on Saturday, Washington and Johnson attended in person to receive the prestigious award while Hamer’s niece Doris Hamer Richardson appeared to accept the ...

President Joe Biden awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 remarkable individuals. Among the honorees were civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, actor Denzel Washington, media mogul Oprah Winfrey,

On Saturday, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous award to Mississippi Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer who died in 1977.

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 ... the retired basketball star who led the Los Angeles Lakers to five championships.

President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including Denzel Washington and Magic Johnson. (Photo: AP)

Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi civil rights activist was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 4 alongside 18 others.