"Congressional Gold Medal"

Martin Luther King Jr. male, deceased (1968): I Have a Dream, assassinated, American Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence, Christian, peacemaker…Spingarn Medal winner, CongressionalGoldMedal, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, presidential medal of freedom, Congressional Gold Medal recipient; Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...

Norman Borlaug male, 95 years old: Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, CongressionalGoldMedal, Mexican Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences…National Medal of Science recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25 1914) is an American agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of...

Mother Teresa female, deceased (1997): humanitarian, Nobel Laureate, nun, beatified, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, calcutta…presidential medal of freedom, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, CongressionalGoldMedal; Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was a Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979...

Jackie Robinson male, deceased (1972): African Americans' rights activist, baseball player, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Star, Country star, athletic…CongressionalGoldMedal, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, Spingarn Medal winner, presidential medal of freedom; Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson became the first African-American professional baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first...

Lady Bird Johnson female, deceased (2007): Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson, Scottish American, CongressionalGoldMedal, presidential medal of freedom, English American, Second Ladies of the United States…Congressional Gold Medal recipient; Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson was the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for...

Byron Nelson male, deceased (2006): Northwest Independent School District, CongressionalGoldMedal, John Byron Nelson, Jr, Member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, pga tour, PGA Tour golfer…Congressional Gold Medal recipient; John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946. He and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam...

Dorothy Height female, 97 years old: Barnard Medal of Distinction, Delta Sigma Theta, public administration, CongressionalGoldMedal, Civil Rights, YWCA…Congressional Gold Medal recipient, Spingarn Medal winner; Dorothy Irene Height (born March 24, 1912) is an African American administrator, educator, and social activist. Irene Height is a recipient of the...

Betty Ford female, 91 years old: First Lady, treated for alcoholism, betty, American, treated for drug addiction, Second Ladies of the United States…CongressionalGoldMedal, Congressional Gold Medal recipient; Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Warren Ford, known as Betty (born April 8, 1918) is the widow of former United States President Gerald R. Ford and was the...

Roscoe Brown male, 87 years old: United States Army officer, CongressionalGoldMedal, European Theatre of World War II, From Tuskegee, Alabama, From Riverdale, New York, American military personnel of World War II…Congressional Gold Medal recipient; Dr. Roscoe Brown (b. 1922) is one of the Tuskegee Airmen, and former commander of the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group. He...

Ernest Green male, 68 years old: From Little Rock, Arkansas, Clinton administration controversy, From Little Rock, Master of Arts, Little Rock Central High School, American Civil Rights Movement…CongressionalGoldMedal, Spingarn Medal winner, Congressional Gold Medal recipient; Ernest G. Green (born September 22, 1941) was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black...

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