NEW YORK -- At a time when interest in civil rights memorabilia is rekindled, a lifetime's worth of Rosa Parks' belongings - among them her Presidential Medal of Freedom - sits in a New York ...

The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

The plaza, which occupies a city block across the street from the EJI’s Legacy Museum, also includes a statue of Rosa Parks .

Two members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, ALAN PAGE and ROGER STAUBACH, will be among seven American icons to receive the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom from ... of the civil rights ...

President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998. James Farmer died from complications of diabetes in 1999. A native of Piedmont, AL, William Harbour was the oldest ...

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I didn't want to discuss it with them," she says. If I had not made the first cry for freedom, there wouldn't have been a Rosa Parks In 2009, the writer Phillip Hoose published a book that told ...

In a bold move, the incoming US President is set to shake up the Oval Office decor, hinting at a significant shift in ...

Dolly Parton has revealed she turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the Trump administration twice. The country singer said she did not accept the awards because her husband was ill ...

"Hello, friends of freedom. It's a wonderful day and let us be thankful we have reached this point and we will go farther from now to greater things. Thank you!" Today, Rosa Parks is remembered as ...

This order came more than two years after President ... Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. The city is also home to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Legacy Museum, and Freedom ...