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1981 - Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Glassboro State College
1979 - Honorary Doctorate of Music from Howard University
1978 - Bronze Medallion from New York City
1976 - Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Daniel Hale Williams University
1975 - Honorary Doctorate of Music from Xavier University of Louisiana
1974 - Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Pepperdine University
1968 - Papal Medal from Pope John Paul I
1966 - George Frederick Handel Medal
1957 - American Goodwill Ambassador by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1954 - Israel's Statehood Award