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== Awards == In 2003, Baez was presented with the [[John Steinbeck Award]] for her civil rights activism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan Baez |url=https://www.steinbeckaward.com/awardees/joan-baez |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=The John Steinbeck Award |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127022145/https://www.steinbeckaward.com/awardees/joan-baez |url-status=live }}</ref> She was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Grammys.<ref>{{cite web |last=NME |date=February 11, 2007 |title=Doors Pick Up Lifetime achievement Grammy |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-doors-28-1341994 |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629040120/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-doors-28-1341994 |url-status=live }}</ref> To reward her decades of dedicated activism, Baez was honored with the Spirit of Americana/Free Speech award at the 2008 [[Americana Music Honors & Awards]]. On March 18, 2011, Baez was honored by [[Amnesty International]] at its 50th Anniversary Annual General Meeting in San Francisco. The tribute to Baez was the inaugural event for the Amnesty International Joan Baez Award for Outstanding Inspirational Service in the Global Fight for Human Rights. Baez was presented with the first award in recognition of her human rights work with Amnesty International and beyond, and the inspiration she has given activists around the world. The award is to be presented to an artist – music, film, sculpture, paint or other medium – who has helped advance human rights.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20110309002&lang=e |title=Joan Baez Award of Amnesty International 2011 |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] USA |date=March 9, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314233347/http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20110309002&lang=e |archive-date=March 14, 2011 }}</ref> In 2015, Amnesty International jointly awarded Baez and [[Ai Weiwei|Ai Wei Wei]] the Ambassador of Conscience award.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 22, 2015 |title=Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei honoured by Amnesty International |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/22/joan-baez-ai-weiwei-amnesty-international |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005165925/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/22/joan-baez-ai-weiwei-amnesty-international |url-status=live }}</ref> The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected her to fellowship in 2020, praising her contributions both to music and to activism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Baez |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/joan-baez |access-date=January 8, 2021 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126181445/https://www.amacad.org/person/joan-baez |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2021, Baez was recognized as part of the 43rd [[Kennedy Center Honors]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the 43rd Kennedy Center Honorees |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/2020-honorees/ |access-date=January 24, 2025 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628185930/https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/2020-honorees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Baez at number 189 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 1, 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/joan-baez-13-1234642337/|access-date=January 25, 2023}}</ref> In February 2024, she received the Third Class of the [[Order of the White Double Cross]] by [[Zuzana Čaputová]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://standard.sk/558825/prezidentka-caputova-udelila-americkej-spevacke-joan-baezovej-statne-vyznamenanie|title=Prezidentka Čaputová udelila americkej speváčke Joan Baezovej štátne vyznamenanie|website=Štandard|access-date=February 5, 2024|archive-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205070116/https://standard.sk/558825/prezidentka-caputova-udelila-americkej-spevacke-joan-baezovej-statne-vyznamenanie|url-status=live}}</ref>
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