Obama to award Medal of Freedom to Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton "The rest of the list includes Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut who died last year, country music singer Loretta Lynn, women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem, civil rights activists C.T. Vivian and Bayard Rustin, scientist Mario Molina, psychologist Daniel Kahneman, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval and Judge Patricia Wald, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., Ernie Banks, who had a Hall of Fame career after becoming the first black player for the Chicago Cubs, Dean Smith, the longtime basketball coach at the University of North Carolina who was instrumental in desegregating parts of the state, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), and Daniel Inouye, the longtime Hawaii senator who died last year.”
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:27:34 +0000
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