Denzel Washington has received the Presidential Medal ... world,” the Presidential Medal of Freedom was first awarded in 1963, with past recipients including Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks ...

Johnson is the third individual with Dodgers ties to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, joining Jackie Robinson (1984) and Vin Scully (2016). I am so humbled and overwhelmed with emotion ...

In three years in the big leagues, Jackie Robinson had become a superstar, despite racial equality developing slowly across ...

Other notable athletes and coaches who have been bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom include Jesse Owens (1976), Jackie Robinson (1984), Muhammad Ali (2005), Billie Jean King (2009 ...

U2 frontman Bono has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States ... of the medal since former president Mary Robinson, who was awarded the honour by US president Barack ...