Civil rights honour for Winfrey

Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey and Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroism in the face of genocide inspired the movie Hotel Rwanda, have been named as recipients of the US National Civil Rights Museum’s annual Freedom Awards, officials said today.

The announcement was made during a news conference at the museum, which was built around the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968.