During his awarding, Denzel Washington embraced Biden with ... the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Fannie Lou Hamer, who famously registered Black voters throughout ...

(Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images) The late Fannie Lou Hamer, a fearless civil rights ... Kennedy, Ashton Carter, and George W. Romney. Denzel Washington, an actor whose career spans decades ...

WASHINGTON (AP ... Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting ...

On Jan. 4, actor Denzel Washington, NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, public science educator Bill Nye, and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, among others ...

Taking place at the White House on Saturday, Washington and Johnson attended in person to receive the prestigious award while Hamer’s niece Doris Hamer Richardson appeared to accept the ...

While Denzel Washington, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and the late Fannie Lou Hamer may all be legends in their own respective industries, the trio were among the recipients for the same very ...

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)(Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP) WASHINGTON — In the East ... a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ...

Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees include José Andrés, Hillary Clinton and Lionel Messi, among 19 people.

Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also ... a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic ...

President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including Denzel Washington and Magic Johnson. (Photo: AP) ...

WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed ...