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  1. 2021 Profile in Courage Essay Contest Winners, Finalists, Semifinalists and Honorable Mentions. First-place Winner: Anna Dougherty, a sophomore at Paul VI High School in Haddonfield, New Jersey, profiled Dana Redd, former Mayor of Camden, New Jersey. Second-place Winner:

    • Mitt Romney

      In a virtual ceremony on May 26, 2021, the JFK Library...

  2. In a virtual ceremony on May 26, 2021, the JFK Library Foundation gave the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to U.S. Senator Mitt Romney for his vote to convict President Donald J. Trump in 2020 in the Presidential Impeachment trial.

  3. The Profile in Courage Award is a private award created by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy originally described in his book of the same name.

    Year
    Recipient
    Occupation
    Achievements
    2024
    Secretary of State of Kentucky, ...
    " [F]or expanding voting rights and ...
    2023
    Fumio Kishida (Special International ...
    " [F]or working to improve relations ...
    2023
    Yoon Suk Yeol (Special International ...
    " [F]or working to improve relations ...
    2023
    Katrina Shealy, Margie Bright Matthews, ...
    South Carolina State Senators
    "Five women Senators from South Carolina ...
    • 2024 Profile in Courage Award
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    • About The Award

    The 2024 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® was presented to Kentucky Secretary of State Michael G. Adams (R)for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers. Learn more about Secretary Adams.

    On Sunday, June 9, 2024, Jack Schlossberg presented the award to Secretary Adams in a live-streamed ceremony.

    The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award was created in 1989 by members of President Kennedy's family to honor President John F. Kennedy and to recognize and celebrate the quality of political courage that he admired most. The award recognizes a public official (or officials) at the federal, state, or local level whose actions demonstrate the q...

  4. Profiles in Courage was widely celebrated and became a bestseller. It includes a foreword by Allan Nevins. John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator, won the Pulitzer Prize for the work.

    • John F. Kennedy, Ted Sorensen
    • 1956
  5. The 2021 Celebrating Courage virtual ceremony will include the presentation of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Senator Mitt Romney, for following his conscience and the...

    • 52 min
    • 8.3K
    • John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
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  7. May 30, 2021 · Ridgefield High School student Julia Clavi was a national semifinalist in the annual Profiles in Courage Contest. She was among the top 15 student finalists. Her evocative essay on Jose Canales will be published on the Profiles in Courage website and she will receive a monetary award.

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