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- Ordinarily, the award will be made to living Americans who are or were elected officials. The award recognizes a single act of political courage. Individuals at all levels of government - federal, state and local - are eligible for the award. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary acts of political courage.
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Individuals at all levels of government - federal, state and local - are eligible for the award. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary acts of political courage. On occasion, in rare and special circumstances, awards have been made to foreign officials.
- Profile in Courage Award
The 2024 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ® was...
- About The Award
The Profile in Courage Award® is administered by the John F....
- Profile in Courage Award
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.
YearRecipientOccupationAchievements2024Secretary of State of Kentucky, ..." [F]or expanding voting rights and ...2023Fumio Kishida (Special International ..." [F]or working to improve relations ...2023Yoon Suk Yeol (Special International ..." [F]or working to improve relations ...2023Katrina 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...
The Profile in Courage Award® is administered by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. A distinguished bipartisan committee named by the Foundation reviews all nominations, and selects the recipient or recipients of the award.
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 ...
Individuals at all levels of government—federal, state and local—are eligible for the award. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary acts of political courage. On occasion, in rare and special circumstances, awards have been made to foreign officials.
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...
