Spingarn Award: Mary Mcleod Bethune

Spingarn Medal: Charles W. Chestnutt

Spingarn Medal presented to Charles W. Chestnutt, the first Black to receive widespread critical recognition as a novelist. He was cited for his pioneer work as a literary artist depicting the life and struggle of Americans of Negro descent.

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Nov

6

1928

US Champion

Debi Thomas wins the gold medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships in Hicksville, Long Island, New York

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Jan

0

1986

Spingarn Medal Given to Carl Murphy

Carl Murphy, publisher of the Baltimore Afro-American, awarded Spingarn Medal for his contributions as a publisher and civil rights leader.

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Dec

5

1955

Literary Giant

William Stanley Brathwaite (1878-1962) of Boston was a significant force in the development of creative American literature from 1906 to 1936. He was a poet, journalist, essayist, and pioneering anthologist of American poetry, writing some 31 books of poetry and prose. In 1918 he received the

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was a renowned educator and African American leader of the 20th century. She was born on July 10, 1875 in South Carolina to parents who had been former slaves. She was one of 17 children in her family, and all of them, including Mary, worked at the cotton plantations along

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May

18

1955

William Stanley Braithwaite Born

Called by W.E.B. Dubois the most prominent critic of poetry in America , William Stanley Braithwaite was born in Boston, Mass. On May 5, 1919. Mr. Braithwaite was awarded the Springarn medal by th N.A.A.C.P. for his literary achievements.

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May

5

1919

B-CU sets June 15 as day of giving –

Bethune-Cookman University has announced an “Advancing the Legacy’’ national day of giving to raise $100,000 in a single day to assist scholars during their matriculation through

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Opera singer, Madame Lillian Evanti, founds the National Negro Opera Company, 19

Opera singer, Madame Lillian Evanti, founds the National Negro Opera Company, 1941

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Nov

12

1941

Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995)

Malvin Russell Goode was the first African American news correspondent for a major television network. Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young. Goode, the third of four boys and two

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Sep

26

1936

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights

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Dec

4

1969

African-American Dancers

Pearl Primus was the first African-American modern dancer. Throughout her career, Primus used her craft to express social ills in United States’ society. In 1919, Primus was born and her family immigrated to Harlem from Trinidad. While studying anthropology at Columbia University, Primus began her

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Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the

Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the National Defense Program met with President Roosevelt. National Newspaper Publishers Association founded. Spingarn Medal presented to Dr. Louis T. Wright for his civil rights leadership and his contributions as a surgeon.

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Oct

25

1940

Metropolitan AME Church, Washington D.C. (1821- )

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (AME) is the oldest continuously operating black church in the District of Columbia. Metropolitan AME is also designated by the AME Church (the black denomination founded in 1787 by Richard Allen) as the National Cathedral of African

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Jan

9

1894

Spinarn Metal: William H. Hastie

Spingarn Medal presented to William H. Hastie for his distinguished career as a jurist and as an uncompromising champion of equal justice.

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Dec

15

1943

Percy Lavon Julian

Born: 4/11/1899 Montgomery, AlabamaDied: 4/19/1975 Waukegan, IllinoisPercy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in the industrial

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African-American History & Women Timeline 1930-1939

Women and African American History: 1930-1939

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Apr

8

1938

Spingarn Medal: James Weldon Johnson

Spingarn Medal awarded to James Weldon Johnson, former U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua and NAACP executive secretary, for his work as an author, diplomat and leader.

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Nov

11

1925

Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and

Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1923 the school merged with Cookman Institute and became Bethune-Cookman College. Seventy-six Blacks reported lynched in 1904.

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Oct

3

1904

George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the

George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the NAACPs highest award, for distinguished research in agricultural chemistry.

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Sep

4

1923

Daisy Lampkin dies

Daisy Lampkin, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, died from the effects of a December 1964 heart attack.

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Mar

10

1965

Alex Haley

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, better known as Alex Haley, was a celebrated author whose books centered around African American heritage. He was born on August 11, 1921 in Ithaca, New York to Simon and Bertha Palmer Haley. For the first few years of his life he lived in Tennessee with his mother

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Aug

11

1921

Spingarn Medal : Medar Evers

Medgar Wiley Evers awarded Spingarn Medal posthumously for his civil rights leadership.

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Dec

12

1963

National Afro-American Council

National Afro-American Council founded in Rochester, New York. Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church was elected president. The organization proposed a program of assertion and protest.

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Sep

15

1898

Spingarn Medal: Henry Aaron

Spingarn Medal presented to Henry (Hank) Aaron for his memorable home-run record which stands as a landmark and for his sportsmanship.

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Dec

17

1975

Biologist Ernest E. Just Receives Spingarn Medal

Biologist Ernest E. Just receives the Spingarn medal for his pioneering in cell division and fertilization.

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Feb

2

1915

Naval Medal of Honor

Robert Blake, powder boy aboard the USS Marbelhead, was the first Black awarded the Naval Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, extraordinary heroism, and intrepidity at the risk of his own life. The heroic action ocurred during a victorious battle off the coast of South Carolina on this day.

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Dec

23

1863

Spingarn Award: Richard Wright

Spingarn Medal presented to novelist Richard Wright, one of the most powerful of contemporary writer, for his powerful depiction in his books, Uncle Toms Children, and Native Son, of the effect of proscription, segregation and denial of opportunities to the American Negro.

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Dec

7

1941

Mary McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod) was born on this day.

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Jul

10

1875

Soldier & patriot James Robinson is born. When he won a medal for bravery at th

Soldier & patriot James Robinson is born. When he won a medal for bravery at the Battle of Yorktown, he was promised his freedom for fighting with the Americans. After the war, he was sold back into slavery.

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Nov

28

1753

NCNW Instilling Voting Rights Early Educating Youth on Voter Rights Matter – Free Press of Jacksonville

Members of the Jacksonville National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW), hosted a community educational event at Teen Leaders of America location in the citys urban

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