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1969 - Spingarn Medal awarded to Clarence Mitchell Jr.

On this date in 1969, 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 legislation.” The Spingarn Medal owes its existence to Joel Elias Spingarn, who was elected Chairman of the Board of the NAACP.

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