Boulevard". 1979: The NAACP awarded Parks the Spingarn Medal, its highest honor, 1980: She received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. 1982: California State University, Fresno, awarded Parks the African-American Achievement Award. The honor, given to deserving students in succeeding years, became the Rosa Parks Awards. 1983: She was inducted into Michigan Women's Hall of Fame for her achievements in civil rights. 1984: She received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. 1990: Parks was invited to be part of the group welcoming Nelson Mandela upon his release from prison in South Africa. Parks was in attendance as part of Interstate 475 outside of Toledo, Ohio, was named after her. 1992: She received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award along with Dr. Benjamin Spock and others at the Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. 1993: She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, 1994: She received an honorary doctorate from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. 1994: She received an honorary doctorate from Soka University in Tokyo, Japan. 1995: She received the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award in Williamsburg, Virginia. 1996: She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given by the US executive branch. 1998: She was the first-ever recipient of the International Freedom Conductor Award from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, honoring people whose actions support those struggling with modern-day issues related to freedom. 1999: She received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award given by the US legislative branch, the medal bears the legend "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" She received the Windsor–Detroit International Freedom Festival Freedom Award. Time named Parks one of the 20 most influential and iconic figures of the 20th century. President Bill Clinton honored her in his State of the Union address, saying, "She's sitting down with the first lady tonight, and she may get up or not as she chooses." 2000: Her home state awarded her the Alabama Academy of Honor, She received the first Governor's Medal of Honor for Extraordinary Courage. She was awarded two dozen honorary doctorates from universities worldwide She was made an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. the Rosa Parks Library and Museum on the campus of Troy University in Montgomery was dedicated to her. 2002: Scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Parks on his list of 100 Greatest African