Presidential medal of freedom award winners honoured at the White House
Barack Obama presents the presidential medal of freedom to Joe Medicine Crow. Joe Medicine Crow is the last living war chief of America's Great PlainsPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersCambridge University physicist Stephen Hawking receives the medal of freedom from ObamaPhotograph: Chip Somodevilla/GettyArchbishop Desmond Tutu is presented with the presidential medal of freedomPhotograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, as she receives the presidential medal of freedom Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/APBarack Obama presents the medal of freedom to retired supreme court justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the White House Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/GettyBarack Obama hugs actor Sidney Poitier after giving the actor the presidential medal of freedom. Poitier was the first African-American to win an Oscar for best actorPhotograph: Jason Reed /ReutersBarack Obama presents the medal of freedom to tennis legend Billie Jean King. King won 12 Grand Slam titles during her careerPhotograph: Jason Reed/ReutersMicroloan pioneer Muhammad Yunus shakes Obama's hand after receiving the presidential medal of freedomPhotograph: Jason Reed/ReutersBarack Obama presents the presidential medal of freedom to Nancy Goodman Brinker, the founder of Susan G Komen for the Cure. The organisation is the world's leading breast cancer grassroots group and is named after Brinker's sister Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/APBarack Obama presents the presidential medal of freedom to actor, singer and dancer Chita RiveraPhotograph: Jewel Samad/AFPMiami physician Dr Pedro Jose Greer Jr is awarded the presidential medal of freedom. Greer founded organisations that provide medical care to the poorPhotograph: Matthew Cavanaugh/EPA
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