Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg among honorees at Four Freedoms Awards
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Brooklyn native, is among four people who have been awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards.
The awards were presented Tuesday night in New York City.
The other winners were Dance Theatre of Harlem founder Arthur Mitchell, North Carolina NAACP President Rev. Dr. William Barber III and Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, who helped diagnose and treat breast cancer in underserved patients.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.