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Encyclopedia > Spingarn Medal

The Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for outstanding achievement by a Black American. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...


The award, which consists of a gold medal, was created by Joel Elias Spingarn, Chairman of the Board of the NAACP in 1914. It was first awarded to biologist Ernest E. Just in 1915, and has been given each year thereafter, with the exception of 1938. Joel Elias Spingarn (born 1875 - 1939) was an American educator and literary critic. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Ernest Everett Just (1883 - 1941) was a U.S. biologist. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


Well-known recipients of the award include: W.E.B. Du Bois, Colonel Charles Young, George Washington Carver, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Sammy Davis, Jr., Alex Haley, Andrew Young, Rosa Parks, Coleman Young, Lena Horne, Bill Cosby, Jr., Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, Maya Angelou, and Oprah Winfrey. William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an African-American civil rights leader and scholar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... Marian Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto, best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The concert, which featured a stirring rendition of God... USPS Black Heritage stamp Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American actor, athlete, singer, writer, avowed communist, and political and civil rights activist. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. ... Brooklyn Dodger infielder Jackie Robinson in 1947. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Langston Hughes, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... Alex Haley Alexander Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 - February 10, 1992) was an African American writer (though he was also proud of his Irish and Cherokee ancestry). ... Andrew Young in 1977 Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. ... Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the mother of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement. Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey a bus drivers... Coleman A. Young, Detroit, 1981 Coleman Alexander Young (1918–1997) served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1994. ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ... Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. ... Colin Luther Powell, KCB, (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 23, 2005 under President George W. Bush. ... Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. ... Oprah Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host and an Academy Award nominated actress. ...


Complete List of Winners of the Medal

Ernest Everett Just (1883 - 1941) was a U.S. biologist. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Harry Burleigh (1866-1949), baritone, was the first African-American to become a successful Classical composer. ... Archibald Henry Grimké (pronounced grim-key) (August 17, 1849–February 25, 1930) was a multiracial lawyer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat and community leader in the 19th century. ... W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist, sociologist, historian, writer, editor, poet, freemason, and scholar. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... James Weldon Johnson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938) was a leading African American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Carter Woodson biographical cartoon by Charles Alston, 1943 Professor Carter Godwin Woodson (19 December 1875-April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist and the founder of Black History Month. ... Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African American author. ... Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890 - 1976) was a U.S. educator. ... Ketil Trout 23:14, 8 September 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Mary McLeod Bethune For the wife of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, see Mary Bethune Abbott Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875–May 18, 1955), born to former slaves a decade after the end of the American Civil War, devoted her life to ensuring the right to education and freedom... John Hope (June 2, 1868 - February 20, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an African-American educator and political activist. ... Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893, Atlanta, Georgia - March 21, 1955, New York, New York) was a spokesman for blacks in the United States for almost a quarter of a century and executive secretary (1931–55) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ... Marian Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto, best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The concert, which featured a stirring rendition of God... Richard Wright, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an African-American author of novels and short stories. ... Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a socialist in the labor movement and the US civil rights movement. ... Dr. Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904-April 1, 1950) was an African-American physician and medical researcher. ... USPS Black Heritage stamp Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American actor, athlete, singer, writer, avowed communist, and political and civil rights activist. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. ... Percy Lavon Julian (1899-April 19, 1975) was an African American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of drugs used in medicine. ... The Presidents Committee on Civil Rights was established by U.S. President Harry Trumans Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946. ... Ralph Bunche, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951 Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 - December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in Palestine in the late 1940s that led to an armistice agreement between Jews and... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charles Hamilton Houston (1895–1950) was a black lawyer who trained Thurgood Marshall. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. ... Categories: People stubs | U.S. architects | African Americans | 1894 births | 1980 deaths ... Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972) became the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Daisy Bates Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (born November 11, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas - November 4, 1999 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American civil rights leader, journalist, publisher, and author. ... The Little Rock Nine and Daisy Bates The Little Rock Nine is the common term applied to the nine African-American students who were prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during 1957. ... Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (Born: April 29, 1899 in Washington, DC - Died: May 24, 1974 in New York City) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. ... Langston Hughes, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) was an African American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. ... Kenneth Bancroft Clark (July 24, 1914–May 1, 2005), was an African American psychologist who along with his wife Mamie Clark founded the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem. ... Robert Clifton Weaver (December 29, 1907-July 17, 1997) served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (also known as HUD) from 1966 to 1968. ... Medgar Evers (July 2, 1925–June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi. ... Roy Wilkins stamp in the Black Heritage series release by the United States Postal Service Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. ... Mary Violet Leontyne Price (b. ... John H. Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, an international media and cosmetics empire that includes Ebony, and Jet magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. ... Edward William Brooke III (born October 26, 1919) is an American politician and was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate when he was elected as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966, defeating his Democratic opponent, Endicott Peabody 58%-42%. Born in... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... He is gay. ... Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks (born November 30, 1912) is an African American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist, and film director. ... Damon J. Keith (b. ... Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934), baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is best known for setting the record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 by Babe Ruth. ... Alvin Ailey, Jr. ... Alexander Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 _ February 10, 1992) was an African American writer who was the Chief Journalist for the United States Coast Guard before retiring to become a senior editor for Readers Digest. ... Andrew Young in 1977 Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. ... Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the mother of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement. Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey a bus drivers... Rayford W. Logan was an African-American historian and Pan-African activist. ... Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1994. ... Benjamin Elijah Mays ( August 1, 1894 (?) – March 28, 1984) was an African-American minister, educator, scholar, social activist and the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. ... Morehouse College is a private, four-year, liberal arts college for African-American men located on a 61 acre (247,000 m²) campus in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ... Tom Bradley (December 29, 1917 - September 29, 1998) made history in 1973 by being the first black mayor of a major American city, following the Civil Rights Movement, by being elected to the mayorship in Los Angeles. ... Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Dr Benjamin Hooks (born 1925) is an American civil rights campaigner. ... Frederick Douglass Patterson (October 10, 1901 - 1988), born in Washington D.C. and orphaned at the age of two. ... Jesse Jackson The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. ... Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American politician. ... Colin Luther Powell (pronounced Coe-lin, born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 26, 2005 under President George W. Bush. ... Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936_January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas. ... Dorothy Height Dorothy Irene Height (born March 24, 1912 in Richmond, Virginia) is an African-American administrator, teacher, and social activist. ... Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. ... John H. Franklin John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a distinguished African American historian. ... Carl Thomas Rowan was an American public servant, journalist and author (born August 11, 1925, died September 23, 2000). ... Myrlie Evers-Williams (born 1933, nee Myrlie Beasley) is an African American activist, she was the first full-time chairman of the NAACP and is the widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers. ... Oprah Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host and an Academy Award nominated actress. ... ... John Lewis John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement as president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ... Constance Baker Motley Constance Baker Motley (born 14 September 1921 in New Haven, Connecticut - died 28 September 2005 in New York City) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer and judge. ... Robert L. Carter (1917 - ) is a civil rights activist and judge. ... Oliver White Hill (born 1907) is best known as a civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia. ...

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African American Registry -- Your Source for African American History (192 words)
Joel Elias Spingarn, a Jewish-American educator, literary critic, and activist, was born on this date in 1875 in New York City.
He was the older brother of Arthur Spingarn and a professor of comparative literature at Columbia University from 1899 to 1911.
Spingarn was one of the first Jewish leaders of the NAACP, its second president, and chairman of its board from 1913 until his death in 1939.
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