Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Biography It was a breezy Wednesday, on April 4, 1928, when Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the hometown for the first three years of her life, when living with her mother, prior to being sent to live with her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas (“Angelou, Maya.” Current Biography (Bio Ref Bank) (1974)”). Growing up, Maya Angelou was faced with the predicament of living as a black woman in the segregated South, that was ridden with economic pressure and segregated existence…

George Balanchine Russia's contribution to the great effervescence of ballet in the United States is complete and comprehensive. The master of this long alliance was undoubtedly George Balanchine, one of the greatest if not the greatest choreographer of the twentieth century. Born in St. Petersburg in 1904 in a family of artists from Georgia, Balanchine met ballet and music from the cradle. Trained at the School of Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in the best classical tradition, Balanchine…

which created a nationwide database of all convicted child abusers. Also, she founded the Family for Better Lives foundation. In 2002, Oprah was named the first recipient of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. In 2013, she received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was awarded by President Barack Obama for her contributions to this country. Early in 2018, Oprah became the first African-American woman to be honored…

Worldwide Crisis: The Importance of Going Green Going Green, the phrase associated with the environmental movement known as Earth Day. Established On April 22, 1970, it brought together 20 million Americans, including 10,000 scholastic institutions, 20,000 colleges, and 1,000 environmentally conscious communities. They united together in protest of a healthy and sustainable environment while voicing their concerns over the deterioration of the earth. In addition, The Earth Day demonstration…

professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery and pediatrics at the John Hopkins School of Medicine. Ben was named the director of pediatric neurosurgery in 1984. He was named the inaugural recipient of a professorship in 2008 and later on 2008 he was honored with the reward of Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ben Carson since then has expressed his interest in trigeminal neuralgia in…

Maya Angelou overcame a difficult and traumatic childhood to become a prize-winning poet and the author of several best-selling autobiographies, including her celebrated first volume, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970). She was also the first African American, and the first woman, invited to read a poem at the inauguration of a president of the United States. Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, Maya was three when her parents were divorced. She and her…

What Should the Government Do to Eradicating Child Poverty in the United States? In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cassidy, a twenty one year old who was born into a successful household is on track to become a future journalist. Bethany, also twenty one years old, is currently in a residential drug treatment program, hoping for a second chance at life. Cassidy and Bethany are similar in age and personality; but, one distinct difference that led them to their current state is the environment they were born…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…