Georgia O'Keefe was awarded the Gold Medal of Painting by the
National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1970. President Gerald
Ford gave her the Medal of Freedom in 1977. President Ronald Reagan
awarded O'Keefe the National Medal of Arts in 1985.
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Marian Anderson was a Opera Singer with an exquisite voice and a
passionate member of the Civil Rights Movement. In honor of those
accomplishments, she was awarded the National Medal of the
Arts.
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It was awarded on February 25, 2010 by President Obama.