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id="block-jfkl-page-title" data-block-plugin-id="page_title_block" class="block block-core block-page-title-block"> <h1><span>The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®</span> </h1> </div> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <div id="block-jfkl-content" data-block-plugin-id="system_main_block" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article class="entry-content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>2024 Profile in Courage Award</h2><p>The 2024 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award<sup>®</sup> was presented to <strong>Kentucky Secretary of State Michael G. Adams (R)</strong> for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers.</p><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="c10f9761-db67-467f-ac4d-d0b301ce00ce" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embedded" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"><article> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"> <iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vyGQQcLWce8?autoplay=0?autoplay=1&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </article> </div> <p> </p><p><a href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/michael-g-adams-2024 "><span>Learn more about Secretary Adams.</span></a></p><h2>Watch the 2024 Ceremony</h2><p>On Sunday, June 9, 2024, Jack Schlossberg presented the award to Secretary Adams in a live-streamed ceremony.</p><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="1b34a862-6af0-481f-8df9-f80b53dc4441" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embedded" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"><article> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"> <iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nh_6Ii7Yp5s?autoplay=0?autoplay=1&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </article> </div> <h2>About the Award</h2><p>The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award was created in 1989 by members of President Kennedy's family to honor President John F. Kennedy and to recognize and celebrate the quality of political courage that he admired most.</p><p><span>The award recognizes a public official (or officials) at the federal, state, or local level whose actions demonstrate the qualities of politically courageous leadership in the spirit of</span><a href="/learn/education/profile-in-courage-essay-contest/teacher-information-and-curriculum-ideas/curriculum-appendix-2"> <em>Profiles in Courage</em></a>, President Kennedy's 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who risked their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good.</p><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="b23f62b4-d113-4561-9e60-1e30cbae7c45" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embedded" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"><article> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"> <iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iOaOrZMLuuw?autoplay=0?autoplay=1&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </article>  <section class="meet-the-recipients"> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-content-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Meet the Recipients</h2><p>Learn how some past Profile in Courage Award recipients have embodied JFK's definition of political courage.</p></div> <ul class="recipients-block"> <li class="pica-recipient"> <div class="bg-image" style="background:url(/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-04/JFKProfileInCourage20221184.jpg?itok=ECmHzzkh) center center no-repeat; background-size:cover; "> <a class="image-link" href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/defending-democracy-2022/wandrea-arshaye-moss"></a> </div> <div class="copy-section"> <h2><a href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/defending-democracy-2022/wandrea-arshaye-moss">Wandrea’ ArShaye Moss </a></h2> <p>Defending Democracy at Home and Abroad</p> <p>2022</p> </div>  </li> <li class="pica-recipient"> <div class="bg-image" style="background:url(/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2018-04/2016_dannel_malloy_pica.jpg?h=9c17b57b&itok=xxAFswpr) center center no-repeat; background-size:cover; "> <a class="image-link" href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/dannel-malloy-2016"></a> </div> <div class="copy-section"> <h2><a href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/dannel-malloy-2016">Dannel Malloy</a></h2> <p>Immigration</p> <p>2016</p> </div>  </li> <li class="pica-recipient"> <div class="bg-image" style="background:url(/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2018-04/2013_gabby_giffords_pica.jpg?itok=yl6OtyaE) center center no-repeat; background-size:cover; "> <a class="image-link" href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/gabrielle-giffords-2013"></a> </div> <div class="copy-section"> <h2><a href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/gabrielle-giffords-2013">Gabrielle Giffords</a></h2> <p>Gun Safety</p> <p>2013</p> </div>  </li> </ul> <a class="button blue" href="/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients">View All Recipients</a> </section> <section class="quick-facts"> <div class="field field--name-field-lower-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Quick Facts</h2><p>Learn more about the Profile in Courage Award.</p></div> <ul class="facts"> <li class="pica-recipient"> <div class="bg-image" style="background:url(/sites/default/files/styles/fact_card_780x670/public/2023-09/2004%20pica%20134.jpg?h=2394737d&itok=mwFNQvQ3) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"></div> <div class="copy-section"> <h2>89</h2> <p>Total Profile in Courage Honorees</p> <p class="name"></p> </div>  </li> <li class="pica-recipient"> <div class="bg-image" style="background:url(/sites/default/files/styles/fact_card_780x670/public/2023-09/LizaVollPhotography-1176.jpg?h=4b132f74&itok=8o8SQJKN) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"></div> <div class="copy-section"> <h2>26</h2> <p>Youngest Awardee</p> <p class="name">Joseph Darby</p> </div>  </li> <li class="pica-recipient"> <div class="bg-image" style="background:url(/sites/default/files/styles/fact_card_780x670/public/2023-09/05012016_012.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=_0sYO8Jn) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"></div> <div class="copy-section"> <h2>90</h2> <p>Oldest Awardee</p> <p class="name">George H.W. 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