Freedom Center's International Freedom Conductor Awards

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s International Freedom Conductor Awards, presented by Procter & Gamble.

Enjoy an evening of live entertainment, stirring speeches, and a powerful call to action as the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center honors four modern-day freedom heroes with its highest honor – the International Freedom Conductor Award.

This year, the Freedom Center will honor:

• Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth
• Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize- and Nobel Prize-winning author of The Bluest Eye and Beloved
• Lonnie G. Bunch III, first African American Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
• Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling-author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

In the spirit of legendary figures Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and hundreds more unnamed heroes of the 19^th century, the International Freedom Conductor Awards recognizes those individuals lighting a path through the wilderness toward a brighter, more equitable future.