President Obama announced yesterday his choices for the Medal of Freedom. CPL has numerous items about and by the recipients.

• Nancy Goodman Brinker
• Pedro José Greer, Jr. [Wikipedia]
• Stephen Hawking
• Jack Kemp [Wikipedia]
• Sen. Edward Kennedy
• Billie Jean King
• Rev. Joseph Lowery [Wikipedia]
• Joe Medicine Crow – High Bird
• Harvey Milk
• Sandra Day O’Connor
• Sidney Poitier
• Chita Rivera
• Mary Robinson
• Janet Davison Rowley [Wikipedia]
• Desmond Tutu
• Muhammad Yunus