A big day yesterday for America's leading contributors as novelist Toni Morrison , (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford); singer/songwriter Bob Dylan , former astronaut John Glenn , and others received the Medal of Freedom award from President Barack Obama yesterday in a very well packed East Room of the White House. Joining them were Madaleine Albright , John Doar , Judge John Paul Stevens , and NCAA women's basketball coach for the University of Tennessee, Pat Summit . Novelist extraordinaire Toni Morrison shares a smile with President Obama. Photo/CD Brown. "And I have to say, just looking around the room, this is a packed house, which is a testament to how cool this group is. Everybody wanted to check them out." Of the accolades given by Mr. Obama to the recipients, he credited one recipient for 'making it possible' for him to become president. Of civil rights worker and assistant attorney general, John Doar, the president...
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