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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Reinhold Niebuhr
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr -- also known as Reinhold Niebuhr
(1892-1971)
DR. REINHOLD NIEBUHR
Awarded by
President Lyndon B. Johnson
September 14, 1964
Theologian, teacher, social philosopher, he has invoked the ancient insights of Christianity to illuminate the experience and fortify the will of the modern age.
Bio - Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wright City, Warren County, Mo., June 21, 1892. Pastor; Socialist candidate for New York state senate 19th District, 1930; vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958. German ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., June 1, 1971. Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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