List of awards and honors received by Barack Obama
The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama.
Honorary Degrees
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Awards
- 2005: Obama received NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award upon his election to the U.S. Senate
- 2006: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for abridged audiobook version of Dreams from My Father
- 2007: He received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction for Dreams from My Father.
- 2008: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album abridged audiobook version of The Audacity of Hope
- 2008: Harold Washington Award[20] from the Congressional Black Caucus as well as the 2008 Phoenix Award from the CBC Foundation, Inc.[21]
- 2008: His concession speech after the New Hampshire primary was set to music by independent artists as the music video "Yes We Can", which was viewed 10 million times on YouTube in its first month[22] and received a Daytime Emmy Award.[23]
- 2009: Nobel Peace Prize
- 2011: Transparency Award jointly offered by OMB Watch, the National Security Archive, the Project on Government Oversight, the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press and OpenTheGovernment.org.[24][25]
- 2013: NME Award for Hero of the Year
- 2013: Freedom of the City of Cape Town (jointly with Michelle Obama). The freedom scroll was accepted on their behalf by Acting U.S. Ambassador, Virginia Palmer.[26][27]
- 2013: Israeli President's Medal of Distinction[28]
- 2014: "Ambassador of Humanity" Award from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education[29]
- 2017: Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.[30]
- 7 May 2017: John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.[31][32]
- 2 November 2017: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology's "Make It Loud" award for contributions as President supporting FIRST and STEM education[33]
- 9 February 2020: Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for "American Factory," made by the Obamas' production company, Higher Ground[34]
Namesakes
References
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- ^ "University of Massachusetts at Boston Commencement Address".
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- ^ https://president.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/Honorary-Degrees-1836-Present.pdf
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- ^ "Commencement 2016 Recap | Howard University". www2.howard.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ^ "Past Rutgers University Honorary Degree Recipients | Page 9 | Office of the Secretary of the University".
- ^ "Commencement 2016 | Rutgers University". Retrieved 2016-05-15.
- ^ Stewart, Nikita (28 September 2008). "Obama Hails Those Who Paved His Way" – via washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Senator Barack Obama Receives Phoenix Award at ALC ’08 Gala Dinner", Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (September 29, 2008), via Archive.org
- ^ Strange, Hannah (March 5, 2008). "Celebrities join YouTube revolution". The Times. London. Retrieved December 18, 2008.(subscription required)
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{{cite news}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "President Receives Transparency Award from Open-Government Coalition". 7 April 2011.
- ^ Phillip, Abby (March 30, 2011). "Shh! Obama gets anti-secrecy award". Politico.
- ^ "Acting US Ambassador accepts scroll for Freedom of the City on behalf of the Obamas". Politicsweb. June 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.
- ^ Cronje, Jan (May 27, 2013). "Award for Obamas 'not a game'". IOL News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.
- ^ Cashman, Greer (March 21, 2013). "Peres bestows on Obama the Medal of Distinction". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Grossberg, Josh."USC Shoah Foundation and Steven Spielberg Honor President Barack Obama with Ambassador for Humanity Award", USC Shoah Foundation (May 7, 2014).
- ^ Lamothe, Dan. "Obama got the Pentagon’s medal for distinguished public service, and Sarah Palin didn’t like it", Washington Post (January 5, 2017).
- ^ "Award Recipients | JFK Library".
- ^ "Former President Barack H. Obama Announced as Recipient of 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award | JFK Library". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
- ^ "FIRST Honors President Barack Obama, Commits to Closing STEM Equity Gap". FIRST. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Obamas' Production Company Wins First Oscar With 'American Factory'". FIRST. 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
