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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.
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.
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.
YearRecipientOccupationAchievements2022Wandrea “Shaye” MossElections Department employee, Fulton ..."Each for their courage to protect and ...202254th Speaker of the Arizona House of ..."Each for their courage to protect and ...2022Secretary of State for Michigan;"Each for their courage to protect and ...2022U.S. Representative at large, Wyoming;"Each for their courage to protect and ...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.
Oct 29, 2023 · Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her children Jack Schlossberg and Tatiana Schlossberg will present the 2023 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to five ...
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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 ...
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.
