Read more Joseph Lowery stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/42809/joseph-lowery.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 06:01:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65689/medals-of-freedom-will-go-to-milk-kennedy-poitier.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=230141&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331220334' border='0' />This year's Medal of Freedom recipients share a capacity to change the world, President Obama said today in naming the eclectic group. Among the 16 honorees are Sen. Ted Kennedy, slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, actor Sidney Poitier, tennis great Billie Jean King, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day...In this file photo from April 1977, San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, left, and Mayor George Moscone are shown in the mayor's office during the signing of the city's gay rights bill.http://www.newser.com/story/65689/medals-of-freedom-will-go-to-milk-kennedy-poitier.htmlThu, 30 Jul 2009 14:15:01 CDT