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And a day earlier, basketball great Earvin “Magic” Johnson pledged $500,000 ... In 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor.

He was also the chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority after Hurricane Katrina, and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President ... NBA star Earvin "Magic" Johnson pledged $500,000 ...

Johnson during presentation ceremonies of the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 1963. (AP Photo) The National Mall and Memorial Parks is conducting ...

“Most of my memories [of him] are sort of grandfatherly,” he said, adding, “Maybe with the exception of him … being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom” by President George H.W. Bus ...

“You always fight for what’s right,” Johnson told King above the ... and is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the first individual woman athlete to receive the ...

Her star was dedicated in a ceremony on Monday, which she attended with her friends, NBA star Magic Johnson and Oscar ... and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the ...

"Even today, you continue to fight for people who know they don't have the same type of platform that you have, and you rally around them," said Earvin "Magic" Johnson during the ceremony.

And he bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian ... Fox; basketball legend and businessman Earvin “Magic” Johnson; humanitarian and legendary rock star ...

Colin Powell receives the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George ... such as Brig. Gen. Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, originally documented on the page as "the first African American ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in ... Under President Johnson, he was the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity until ...