Denzel Washington to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Joe Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to 17 people, including actorDenzel Washington. Biden’s honors list, which was first shared withVariety, includes those involved with Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, civil rights, and social justice advocacy. Washington and the other nominees are those who, according to the White House, “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come....