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On the recordJuly 10, 1977
This Medal of Freedom can only express our gratitude, and our deepest thanks.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Presidential Medal of Freedom Remarks on Presenting the Medal to Dr. Jonas E. Salk and to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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