{{infobox award | name = Humane Order of African Redemption | image = Order of the African Liberation Liberia.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Ribbon and stars of the Humane Order of African Redemption | presenter = | country ={{LBR}} | type = | eligibility = | awarded_for = Humanitarian work in Liberia | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = January 13, 1879 | firstawarded = | lastawarded = | total_awarded = | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = | same = | lower = Order of the Pioneers of Liberia | related = | image2 = 100px | caption2 = Ribbon of the order }} The '''Humane Order of African Redemption''', an order presented by the government of Liberia, was founded on January 13, 1879 during the presidency of Anthony W. Gardiner. It is awarded for humanitarian work in Liberia, for acts supporting and assisting the Liberian nation and to individuals who have played a prominent role in the emancipation of African Americans and the pursuit of equal rights.
The Order replaced the older Liberian "Lone Star Medal".
The three grades of the Order are:
''* Grand Commander:'' The Grand Commander wears a wide ribbon on the right shoulder and the star of the Order on the left.
''* Knight Commander:'' The Knight Commander, wears a ribbon around the neck and a smaller but otherwise identical star.
''* Officer:'' The Officer wears a narrow ribbon with rosette on the left.
==The Regalia of the Order== The medallion is a white enamel five pointed star with five gold balls on the points and golden rays between the arms. On the front of the star is the Coat of Arms of Liberia. On the reverse, the image of black people praying with broken chains under a cross with the motto "The love of liberty brought us here". The ribbon is red with one blue and three white stripes.
== Recipients == {{Div col|colwidth=15em|rules=|gap=4em}} * Marian Anderson<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Library of Negro Life and History|last=Robinson|first=Wilhelmena S.|publisher=Publishers Company inc|year=1970 |orig-year=1967|location=New York|pages=158}}</ref> * A. Doris Banks Henries<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doris-banks-henries Biography on]</ref> * Sepp Blatter<ref>{{cite book |last= Jennings |first= Andrew | title= Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals |publisher= HarperSport |year= 2007 |isbn=978-0-00-720869-2 |page=200}}</ref> * Edward Wilmot Blyden * Anna E. Cooper * Varney Ebrima Dempster * Ijoma Robert Flemister<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ijomarobert.flemister.info/ |title=Home |website=IjomaRobert.Flemister.info |access-date=2022-08-08 |archive-date=2016-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830164405/http://ijomarobert.flemister.info/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * James Walter Flemister * Francis Gbassagee * Billy Graham<ref name="Observer Sendolo">{{cite news |last1=Sendolo |first1=Joaquin M. |title=Liberia Remembers the Late Rev. Billy Graham (1918-2018) |url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/liberia-remembers-the-late-rev-billy-graham-1918-2018/ |accessdate=February 16, 2020 |work=Daily Observer |date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310232815/https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/liberia-remembers-the-late-rev-billy-graham-1918-2018/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Asa Grant Hilliard * Marjon Kamara * Jacques Paul Klein * Ellen Margrethe Løj<ref>{{cite web|title=Departing UN Envoy Ellen Margrethe Løj admitted into the Humane Order of African Redemption|url=http://unmil.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3934&ctl=Details&mid=6897&ItemID=42196&language=en-US|work=unmil.unmissions.org| date=30 January 2012 |publisher=United Nations|accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> * H.T. Maclin * Francois Eugene Massaquoi * Andre Alvin Krauss * Gordon Mellish,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Full text of "Recorder (Sept. 1953)" | url=https://archive.org/stream/recordersept1953593toro/recordersept1953593toro_djvu.txt | access-date=2026-02-16 | website=archive.org}}</ref> missionary with Baptist Mid-Missions * Mary Lee Mills * Carolyn A. Miller (1976) * Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller * Dougbeh Chris Nyan * George Thomas Reffell * Solomon Sipply * David Meserve Thomas * Alex J. Tyler<ref name=mofa>{{cite web|title=Liberia's President Confers Distinction on Several Citizens and Distinguished Personalities|url=http://www.mofa.gov.lr/press.php?news_id=402|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219172319/http://www.mofa.gov.lr/press.php?news_id=402|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2012|work=www.mofa.gov.lr|publisher=Government of the Republic of Liberia|accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> * George Toe Washington * Arsène Wenger<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45257301 | title=Arsène Wenger to get honour from Liberia's George Weah | work=BBC News | date=21 August 2018 }}</ref> * Claude Le Roy<ref>{{cite news | url=https://guardian.ng/sport/weah-honours-former-coaches-wenger-and-leroy/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria| title=Weah honours former coaches Wenger and LeRoy | date=20 August 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> * Cletus Wotorson<ref name=mofa/> * Suraj Abdurrahman * Kimmie Weeks * Joseph Boayue, former Secretary of Public Works {{Div col end}} David Morgan Williams (1979)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.medal-medaille.com/product_info.php?cPath=75&products_id=329 Humane Order of African Redemption, Officer] * [http://www.medals.org.uk/liberia/liberia004.htm ODM of Liberia: Order of African Redemption] * [http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=3635&size=big Order of African Redemption, Commander - The OMSA Medal Database] {{Authority control}}
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