Parting Shot — 8.12.09
President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Chita Rivera, who, as a Puerto Rican-American, broke barriers as an actress, singer and dancer to become a Broadway star in West Side Story and was the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Story here . (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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