WATCH LIVE: Barack Obama Receives JFK Profile in Courage Award

“President Obama’s Entire Public Life has Exemplified the Courage that John F. Kennedy Celebrated”

Former President Barack Obama will accept the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son Jack Schlossberg will present the 2017 award to President Obama, a part of the centennial celebration of John F. Kennedy’s birth. 

The organization writes:

From his inspirational 2008 campaign until his final weeks in office, Barack H. Obama consistently reflected in so many ways, big and small, the definition of courage that John F. Kennedy cited in the opening lines of Profiles in Courage: “Grace under pressure.”

He picked up the torch from President Kennedy and has now passed it on to a new generation of Americans, inspiring young people across the country to enter public service, affirming our belief in an America that is more than a collection of Red states and Blue states, and reminding all of us that no matter what we look like, where we come from, or what faith we practice, we are our brother’s and sister’s keeper.

Throughout his two terms in office, President Obama upheld the highest standards of dignity, decency and integrity, serving not just as a political leader, but a moral leader, offering hope and healing to the country and providing young men and women of all backgrounds with an example they can emulate in their own lives.

President Obama’s entire public life has exemplified the courage that John F. Kennedy celebrated.

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