Biden was one of three winners of the National Civil Right Museum's Freedom Award in 2018

[highplainsdem]

https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/freedom-award

The Freedom Award is an annual event for the National Civil Rights Museum. Held each year in the fall, The Freedom Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions in civil rights and who have laid the foundation for present and future leaders in the battle for human rights. Since 1991, the Freedom Award has served as a symbol of the ongoing fight for human rights both in America and worldwide.


2018 Award Winners


Joe Biden

Freedom Award – 2018

As a young man in then-segregated Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden was inspired to begin a life of public service by the leaders of the civil rights movement. Only a few years later, Biden became one of the youngest senators elected to U.S. Congress when he was elected to represent the state of Delaware at the age of 29. As a senator for 36 years, Biden was recognized for his work in criminal justice and international affairs. In 2008, he was elected Vice President, serving alongside President Barack Obama, where he continued to work to shape policies impacting the living standards of middle-class America, gun violence and violence against women. In 2017, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, calling him a “lion of American history” honored for “faith in his fellow American, for [his] love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations.” Since leaving the White House, Vice President Biden has continued to stay engaged in the issues that have always animated his career, including through the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware.

[Peacetrain]

1. That is a good reminder of who VP Biden really is

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. I had no idea, but it stands to reason. n/t

[George II]

3. The other two recipients were Jesse Jackson and J.R. "Pitt" Hyde III - pretty lofty company!

[NurseJackie]

4. Looks like the cream continues to rise to the top...

... we're on our way to choosing the best DEMOCRAT for our party's nominee. It will be interesting to see who he or she may be.

[Skya Rhen]

5. This is who Joe is...

[Cha]

14. Yes, and those hoping to

make him into something else are playing a loser's game.

Shame on them.

[Cha]

6. And I bet Joe Biden is very proud of

that.. he's been a civil rights person for so long. I can see why these attacks on him from Booker and Harris on his ..".. I don't think you're a racist.. but.. " are so ridiculous.

As a young man in then-segregated Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden was inspired to begin a life of public service by the leaders of the civil rights movement. Only a few years later, Biden became one of the youngest senators elected to U.S. Congress when he was elected to represent the state of Delaware at the age of 29. As a senator for 36 years, Biden was recognized for his work in criminal justice and international affairs...

Thank You for posting, highplains !

[Dave in VA]

7. Thanks for posting

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. Thanks for the bio. It's important to remember who the man is.

Character counts, especially when you're running against someone who has none.

We can expect further attacks on Joe from front runners, the GOP and/or Russians (they've become interchangeable). This is a marathon, not a sprint.

#ImpeachTrumpNow

[emmaverybo]

9. Thank you. The attempt to portray him as a hypocrite on civil rights has definitely distorted his

long record of support and obvious sense of mission for justice and equality he has expressed throughout his political life.

It is important that we be reminded of Biden’s history and his continued commitment to the issues he has fought many decades for.

He was the only candidate to launch his campaign with a pledge to driving White Supremacists and Neo-Nazi’s back under their rocks and to upholding the ideals of justice and equality for all, which, as he rightly acknowledges, America has not fully lived up to, but which can still light our way.

[Gothmog]

10. This is a well deserved honor

[peggysue2]

11. Wasn't aware of this recent award

The fact that Joe Biden was a recipient certainly puts a dent in the harangue that's been going on recently, that his record isn't good enough in the civil rights arena.

Way to go, Joe!

And thanks for the info, highplainsdem.

[oasis]

12. Joe's got sterling civil rights credentials. Obama knew it. nt

[Cha]

13. Kick Because..

[Cha]

15. KICK!