COMMENTS. 1  Research Basis. 2  Strategy in Practice. 3  Grades 8 â 11 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson. 4  Grades 9 â 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson. 5  Grades 9 â 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit. 6  Grades 9 â 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson. 7  Grades 6 â 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit. 8  Grades 11 â 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson.
President Barack Obama awarded 123 Medals, the most ever, followed by President Ronald Reagan with 102 Medal recipients. Two people, Ellsworth Bunker and Colin Powell, are two-time recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
So powerful was the movement he inspired, that Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the same year King himself was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, King is an icon of the civil rights movement.