President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medals of Freedom at the White House Friday.
“President Biden often says there is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together,” the White House said Friday. “These 19 Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better.”
The medal is awarded to people who have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private, endeavors,” according to the White House. “They are the pinnacle of leadership in their fields,” the White House added. “They consistently demonstrated over their careers the power of community, hard work, and service.”
Democratic presidential candidates, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden talk during a break in a Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC. is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term mayor. He changed the financial information industry and New York City’s education, environment, public health, and the arts.
Phil Donahue attends the premiere of the Hulu documentary “Hillary” at the DGA New York Theater on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in New York. was the first daytime talk show to feature audience participation and one of the most popular television programs of its time.. After he was murdered at his home at age 37, his wife, Myrlie, continued the fight to seek justice and equality in his name.
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