Biden Medal of Freedom

President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to civil rights leader Diane Nash during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Nash, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, played a key role in the Freedom Rides and the 1965 Selma voting rights campaigns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) DCSW472