Fred D. Gray, an alumnus of the Case Western Reserve School of Law 1954 Class, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the highest honors bestowed on United States civilians.
CLEVELAND — Civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the"chief counsel for the protest movement."
“This award means a great deal to me, an African American civil rights lawyer who was born in the ghettos of Montgomery, Alabama,” Gray said in a statement. “It speaks volumes to civil rights workers who have devoted their talents and resources toward improving the quality of life of Americans in this country, and it speaks directly to African Americans in general.”
“We cannot think of an individual more fitting to receive the country’s highest civilian honor,” Berg wrote to President Biden. “We respectfully submit that his life’s work demonstrates that he is a leading defender of human rights and freedom.
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