Presidential Medal of Freedom 2014
President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18 recipients on Monday, November 24, 2014.
The recipients included, Alvin Ailey (posthumously), Isabel Allende, Thomas Brokaw, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Michael Henry Schwerner (posthumously); John Dingell, Jr., Mildred Dresselhaus, Suzan Harjo, Ethel Kennedy, Abner Mikva, Patsy Takemoto Mink (posthumously), Edward Roybal (posthumously), Charles Sifford, Robert Solow, Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep, Marlo Thomas, and Stevie Wonder
Read MoreThe recipients included, Alvin Ailey (posthumously), Isabel Allende, Thomas Brokaw, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Michael Henry Schwerner (posthumously); John Dingell, Jr., Mildred Dresselhaus, Suzan Harjo, Ethel Kennedy, Abner Mikva, Patsy Takemoto Mink (posthumously), Edward Roybal (posthumously), Charles Sifford, Robert Solow, Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep, Marlo Thomas, and Stevie Wonder