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May 30, 2012

Toni Morrison, Dolores Huerta, Bob Dylan Among Recipients of Presidential Freedom Medal 
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At the White House, President Obama awarded 13 people on Tuesday with
the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Recipients included the folk legend Bob Dylan, the author Toni Morison,
and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta.

President Obama: "Every one of today's honorees is blessed with an
extraordinary amount of talent, all of them are driven, but we could
fill this room many times over with people who are talented and driven.
What sets these men and women apart is the incredible impact they have
had on so many people. Not in short blinding bursts, but steadily over a
course of a lifetime."

 

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