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2024 Freedom Award ceremony: Spike Lee, Xernona Clayton and Sherrilyn Ifill honored
Spike Lee, Xernona Clayton and Sherrilyn Ifill received the Freedom Award from National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis during a ceremony on Oct. 17.
3 students honored at Freedom Award Student Forum
Ahead of the National Civil Rights Freedom Award ceremony, students who are making a difference right here in the Bluff City were honored.
Spike Lee among civil rights advocates honored at NCRM's Freedom Award
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY - This year, filmmaker Spike Lee, civil rights leader Xernona Clayton and NAACP legal defense fund president Sherrilyn Ifill were recognized Thursday for promoting justice and equality.
Spike Lee tells students to 'pursue your dream' at Freedom Award forum in Memphis
Freedom Award honorees Spike Lee, Xernona Clayton and Sherrilyn Ifill offered words of wisdom to Memphis youth during the Student Forum in Memphis.
33rd annual Freedom Awards at Civil Rights Museum
Thursday was the biggest night of the year at the National Civil Rights Museum, for the annual Freedom Award ceremony. This year, the museum honored three people with the Freedom Award: civil and human rights activist and broadcasting executive Xernona Clayton;
National Civil Rights Museum’s 33rd Freedom Award ceremony honors civil and human rights activists for their work
Lee has served as a tenured professor "committed to nurturing the next generation of filmmakers," National Civil Rights Museum officials said. Some of Lee's most acclaimed films include "School Daze," "Get on the Bus," "Chi-Raq" and "Do the Right Thing."
PRESS ROOM: The National Civil Rights Museum announces 33rd Freedom Award honorees
Meet the distinguished honorees of the 33rd Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum. Xernona Clayton, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Spike Lee to be honored.
Spike Lee, other civil rights advocates to be honored at Freedom Award
PAYING TRIBUTE - Well-renowned filmmaker Spike Lee is among a star-studded lineup that will be honored during Thursday night's Freedom Award at The Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Memphis.
Spike Lee, Xernona Clayton and Sherrilyn honored at the 2024 Freedom Awards
Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee speaks on Freedom Awards, his legacy, and upcoming projects
I would like to say to the parents, thank you for sitting down with us and I know it was hard to do.” Outspoken and audacious, the famous filmmaker was recently inducted into
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Foundation for Open Government celebrates award winners at annual luncheon
Since 2002, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, or FOG, has awarded the William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom ...
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FedEx Partners With National Civil Rights Museum To Offer Hybrid Freedom Award Student Forum
FacebookYouTube Screenshots Memphis, Tennessee, Oct. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom ...
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RSF and partners call on UK government to explain delays in granting award-winning journalist Zaina Erhaim British citizenship
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other leading press freedom and human rights organisations have expressed concern over ...
Sisi Wei recognized as a Freedom of the Press Rising Star in 2024 RCFP awards
The awards honor the accomplishments of news and legal leaders whose work embodies the values of the First Amendment.