Michelle Yeoh was honored by President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday, May 3. The 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' actress previously became the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Joe Biden named Fort Worth’s Opal Lee as one of 19 recipients of the award.

The decorated Olympian, who is a seven-time gold medalist, is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden on Friday.

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals who have made contributions to the "prosperity" of the United States.

Ledecky received the honor with 18 others on Friday, May 3, including Olympian Jim Thorpe, who was honored posthumously

Jim Thorpe, who was Sac and Fox, was born in Prague, Oklahoma and in 1912 became the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal.

A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a pioneer of television's tabloid talk show genre are part of this year's class of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.

President Biden will give the nation’s highest civilian honor Friday to former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and others.