Legacy and Honors
- During his lifetime, Niebuhr was awarded several honorary doctorates.
- In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson awarded Niebuhr the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- In Niebuhr's honor, New York City named West 120th Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive Reinhold Niebuhr Place. This is the site of Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, where Niebuhr taught for more than 30 years.
- Elmhurst College, his alma mater, established the Niebuhr Medal to honor him and his brother.
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