Michael Bloomberg<\/a>, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), former Vice President Al Gore, former Secretary of State John Kerry and former senator Elizabeth Dole. Jesuit priest Gregory Boyle, the founding father of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, additionally can be honored.<\/p>\n\n\tThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor. The White House final held a ceremony in July, 2022.<\/p>\n
\n\tDonahue is being acknowledged as \u201ca journalist and television pioneer who pioneered the daytime issue-oriented television talk show.\u201d Yeoh is being acknowledged as the primary Asian to win the Academy Award for greatest actress, and as somebody who \u201ccontinues to shatter stereotypes and enrich American culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOthers on the checklist embody Clarence B. Jones, the civil rights activist and lawyer who helped draft Martin Luther King\u2019s \u201cI Have A Dream\u201d speech; swimmer Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky; educator and activist Opal Lee; Ellen Ochoa, the primary Hispanic lady in house; astronomer Jane Rigby; United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero, and LGBT activist Judy Shepard.<\/p>\n
\n\tBeing honored posthumously can be Medgar Evers, former senator Frank Lautenberg and multi-sports legend Jim Thorpe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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