National Freedom Award

The National Freedom Award has been given each year since 1991 by The National Civil Rights Museum. The award aims to "pay tribute to individuals whose accomplishments depict the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement." Some winners are pictured here. For the complete list and to find out more about this award: http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/freedom/freedomaward.asp.

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Oscar Arias (2001)	Harry Belafonte (1999)	Julian Bond (2002)
Bono (2004)	Jimmy Carter (1994)	Bill Clinton (2003)
Dalai Lama (2009)	Ossie Davis (2005)	Marian Wright Edelman (1993)
James Farmer (1991)	Mikhail Gorbachev (1998)	Al Gore (2008)
Dorothy Height (1995)	Barbara Jordan (1992)	Coretta Scott King (1991)
Bernard Kouchner (2006)	John Lewis (2004)	Wangari Maathai (2010)
Nelson Mandela (2000)	Thurgood Marshall (1993)	Rigoberta Menchú Tum (2002)
Rosa Parks (1991)	Yitzhak Rabin (1995)	Paul Rusesabagina (2005)
Desmond Tutu (1992)	Lech Walesa (1999)	Elie Wiesel (1995)
Oprah Winfrey (2005)	Stevie Wonder (2006)	Andrew Young (1996)

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