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1970 - Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal awarded

On this date in 1970, Charles Gordone awarded Pulitzer Prize for his play, No Place To Go. Painter Jacob Lawrence awarded Spingarn Medal “in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world…a window on the Negro’s condition in the United States” and “in salute to his unswerving commitment” to the Black struggle.

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