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Barack Obama Receives Profiles in Courage Award from JFK Library

Former President  Barack H. Obama  receiving the  2017 John F. Kennedy  Profile in Courage Award  on Sunday, May 7 2017, as part of the  centennial celebration  of John F. Kennedy’s birth.  Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, are presenting the award  at the  John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum  in Boston.  The evening includes a special performance by James Taylor with Kim Taylor and Owen Young. Former First Lady  Michelle Obama  accompanied President Obama to the ceremony. The award presentation was held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum during the Kennedy Library Foundation’s annual May Dinner gala. The evening included a special performance by James Taylor. In accepting the award, President Obama said:  “John F. Kennedy knew that our best hope and our most powerful answer to our doubts and to our fears lies inside each of us, in our willingness to joyfully embrace our responsibility as citizens, to stay true t