Yemen’ human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner has headed to the United States of America to receive 2016 Freedom Award granted by the National Civil Rights Museum. 

The Memphis-based National Civil Rights Museum will present the Freedom Awards on Oct. 20 at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, followed by the Gala Celebration at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. 

The museum, whose exhibits trace the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present, is located around the former Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. 

The National Civil Rights Museum, which was closed in November 2012 for a $27.5 million renovation and reopened in 2014, has honored many prominent figures around the world, including Nelson Mandela, Carter, Bill Clinton, Gorbachev, Kouchner, the Dalai Lama and Muhammad Yunus.