Spingarn Medal: Charles W. Chestnutt

(1957) Roy Wilkins, “The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”

In 1957 Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was next to Rev. Martin Luther King, the most recognized civil rights leader in the nation. In October of that year he addressed the Commonwealth Club of California five weeks after

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Percy Julian

Percy Julian was born on April 11, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama, one of six children. His father, a railroad mail clerk, and his mother, a school teacher stressed education to their children. This emphasis would ultimately prove successful as two sons went on to become physicians and three daughters

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Spingarn Award: George Washington Carver

Spingarn Medal awarded to George Washington Carver, head of the department of research, Tuskegee Institute, for his pioneering work in agricultural chemistry.

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Jan

17

1923

Roy Wilkins

Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s.[1] [2] Wilkins most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Aug

30

1901

(1874) John Mercer Langston, “Equality Before the Law”

John Mercer Langston, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights activist, was one of the earliest African American officeholders in the United States when in 1855 he was elected town clerk of Brownhelm, Township, Ohio. During the Civil War he recruited soldiers for the Massachusetts 54th Infantry

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Sep

4

1841

Josie Thomas

Ms. Thomas works to enhance the Company’s record of diversity both inside and outside the organization. Working with senior executives from all areas of CBS, she creates initiatives designed to improve outreach to diverse vendors, professional service suppliers, managers, national advocacy groups

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Langston Hughes

One of the most famous poets, Langston Hughes was born in the year

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Feb

1

1902

Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma Et. Al. (1948)

January 7-8, 1948, Argued

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Slavery

Hugh Davis, a Virginian is sentenced to be whipped before an assembly of Negroes and others for abusing himself to the dishonor of God and shame of Christians, by defiling his body in lying with a Negro.

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Jan

0

1630

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron is a popular retired African American professional baseball player. He is known for playing in the Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 to 1976 and was ranked fifth in 100 Greatest Baseball Players list. He made his reputation by hitting over 24 home runs every

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Feb

5

1934

Spingarn Medal : Max Yergan

Spingarn Medal presented to YMCA secretary Max Yergan for his achievements as a missionary in South Africa, representing the gift of cooperation...American Negroes may send back to their Motherland.

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Mar

15

1933

Ex-slave left millions in will

The Georgia State Supreme Court sustained the will of the late David Dickson, thus making Amanda Eubanks the wealthiest Negro in America. Dickson, a former slaveholder, willed more than half a million dollars to Eubanks. White relatives of Dickson, a bachelor, had contested the will on the grounds

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Jun

12

1886

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

(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Jr., in 1948 became the Presidential nominee of the Progressive Party. Wallace ran a spirited campaign which unlike almost any before, took on the question of racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans in the South. What follows is his

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Sep

13

1948

Morgan v. Virginia (1946)

March 27, 1946, Argued

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(1923) Marcus Garvey, “A Last Word Before Incarceration”

In 1923 Marcus Garvey was convicted on federal charges of mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Universal Negro Improvement Associations Black Star Line. Sentenced to prison, Garvey delivered his last address before a crowd at Liberty Hall in New York City on June 17, 1923. That

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Jun

17

1923

Ralph Bunche

Name at birth: Ralph Johnson Bunch

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Negro Repertory Company (Seattle) 1936-1939

The Negro Repertory Company (NRC) was established in 1936 by Florence and James Burton, directors of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse (SRP), as the Negro unit of the Federal Theatre Program, a part of the WPA. In its short life it produced ambitious and controversial plays that reached a wide

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Oct

27

1936

Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian

At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever

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Mar

4

1922

Spingarn Medal: Charles R. Drew

Spingarn Medal presented to Charles R. Drew who set up and ran the blood plasma bank in the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City which served as one of the models for the widespread system of blood banks now in operation for the American Red Cross.

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Aug

20

1944

Hazel Dixon Manuscript (1937)

Hazel Dixon was one of Seattles African American pioneers. The wife of William Dixon, the grandson of William Grose, the second African American to settle in Seattle, Dixon lived in a period which saw the citys black population grow from approximately 300 to 3,700. This account, written by Dixon

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Pullman Company formally recognized the

Pullman Company formally recognized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Spingarn Medal awarded to Walter White, NAACP secretary, for his leadership and work in the anti-lynching movement.

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Oct

1

1937

Spingarn Medal: Andrew J. Young

Spingarn Medal presented to Ambassador Andrew J. Young in recognition of the deftness with which he has handled relations between this nation and other countries and for his major role in raising the consciousness of American citizens to the significance in world affairs of the massive African

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Nov

18

1978

John Parker, Underground Railroad Conductor died

Born: 1827

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Jan

30

1900

(1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man”

African Methodist Episcopal minister and later Bishop Henry McNeal Turner emerged immediately after the Civil War as one of the most ardent defenders of African Ameriacn rights. Turner was also among the first group of Reconstruction-era African American elected officials. In July 1868, Turner was

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Sep

3

1868

Spingarn Medal: Gordon B. Parks

Spingarn Medal awarded to Gordon B. Parks in recognition of his unique creativity, as exemplified by his outstanding achievements as photographer, writer, film-maker and composer.

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Dec

21

1972

Structured Academic Debate: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois

The speeches, writings and accomplishments of Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois encapsulated two very different approaches to racial advancement, race relations and education. Within their arguments are controversies that continue today: Economic Prosperity vs. Political Rights, Vocational

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Spingarn Medal: Robert C. Weaver

Robert C. Weaver, economist and government official was awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership in the movement for open housing.

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Nov

20

1962

Spingarn Medal: Alvin Ailey

Spingarn Medal presented to Alvin Ailey in recognition of his international pre-eminence in the field of dance.

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Dec

21

1976

Grimké, Archibald Henry

Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849–1930, African-American author and crusader for black advancement, b. near Charleston, S.C. The son of a white father and a slave mother, he was graduated from Lincoln Univ. (B.A., 1870 M.A., 1872) and, with the help of his aunt, Sarah Moore Grimké , from Harvard

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