In 2011, Abdul-Jabbar was awarded the Double Helix Medal for his work in raising awareness for cancer research.[245][246] Also in 2011, Abdul-Jabbar received an honorary degree from New York Institute of Technology.[247] In 2016, Abdul-Jabbar was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama.[248] In 2020, Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for his work on the documentary special Black Patriots: Heroes of The Revolution.[5]