Editing Shirley Caesar (section)

==Awards and honors==
Caesar is a recipient of a 1999 [[National Heritage Fellowship]] from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/year/1999 |title=NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1999 |author=<!--Not stated-->  |website=Arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521115137/https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/year/1999 |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

She was inducted into the [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shirley Caesar|url=http://hof.doveawards.com/speaker-lineup/shirley-caesar/|website=Inductees Archive|date=March 2, 2014 |publisher=Gospel Music Hall of Fame|access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref>

Caesar was inducted into the [[North Carolina Music Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Inductees|url=http://northcarolinamusichalloffame.org/category/inductees/2010-inductees/|publisher=North Carolina Music Hall of Fame|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> She performed for President [[Barack Obama]] and [[Michelle Obama]] at the [[White House]] in 2015, along with [[Aretha Franklin]].

In May 2016, the [[National Museum of African American Music]] honored Caesar with the Rhapsody & Rhythm Award in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] in advance of the planned 2018 opening of the historic museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nmaam.org/2016/05/11/nmaam-hosted-successful-2016-my-music-matters-a-celebration-of-legends-luncheon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521195902/http://nmaam.org/2016/05/11/nmaam-hosted-successful-2016-my-music-matters-a-celebration-of-legends-luncheon/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2016|title=NMAAM – The National Museum of African American Music " NMAAM Hosted Successful 2016 My Music Matters™: A Celebration of Legends Luncheon}}</ref>

In June 2016, the [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] honored gospel singer Shirley Caesar with the 2,583rd star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].