Today, President Obama awards the Medal of Freedom posthumously to gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL CEREMONY: President Obama will present the Medal of Freedom Award this morning to representatives of the late civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and the late astronaut Sally Ride. The awards, two of 16 to be awarded today, are the highest honor presented to civilians. A White House press release acknowledges Rustin as an “openly gay African American” who promoted non-violent resistance in the black civil rights movement. Ride, whose being gay was not public until after her death last year, is being honored as the first American woman in space and a role model to generations of young women. -

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PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL CEREMONY: President Obama will present the Medal of Freedom Award this morning to representatives of the late civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and the late astronaut Sally Ride. The awards, two of 16 to be awarded today, are the highest honor presented to civilians. A White House press release acknowledges Rustin as an “openly gay African American” who promoted non-violent resistance in the black civil rights movement. Ride, whose being gay was not public until after her death last year, is being honored as the first American woman in space and a role model to generations of young women. - See more at: http://www.keennewsservice.com/2013/11/20/speed-read-wednesday-20-november-2013/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KeenNewsService+%28Keen+News+Service%29#sthash.KMbrJ4aY.dpuf

PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL CEREMONY: President Obama will present the Medal of Freedom Award this morning to representatives of the late civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and the late astronaut Sally Ride. The awards, two of 16 to be awarded today, are the highest honor presented to civilians. A White House press release acknowledges Rustin as an “openly gay African American” who promoted non-violent resistance in the black civil rights movement. Ride, whose being gay was not public until after her death last year, is being honored as the first American woman in space and a role model to generations of young women. - See more at: http://www.keennewsservice.com/2013/11/20/speed-read-wednesday-20-november-2013/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KeenNewsService+%28Keen+News+Service%29#sthash.KMbrJ4aY.dpuf