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      • The award recognizes a public official (or officials) at the federal, state, or local level whose actions demonstrate the qualities of politically courageous leadership in the spirit of Profiles in Courage, President Kennedy's 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who risked their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good.
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  2. 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.

  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 ...
  4. 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.

  5. The award is named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who risked their careers, incurring the wrath of constituents or powerful interest groups, by taking principled stands for unpopular positions.

  6. Mar 26, 2021 · Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is the recipient of this year's John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial "...

  7. 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...

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  8. Apr 22, 2022 · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming are among this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for the “courage they’ve...

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