U.S. President Barack Obama whispers to novelist Toni Morrison as he prepares to award her a 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)
U.S. President Barack Obama whispers to novelist Toni Morrison as he prepares to award her a 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)