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1936 – John Hope Awarded Spingarn Medal Posthumously

On this day, John Hope was posthumously awarded the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding achievement by an African American. Hope was celebrated for his pioneering leadership as the first Black president of Morehouse College and later as president of Atlanta University. He played a crucial role in founding what would become the Atlanta University Center, a consortium of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Atlanta, Georgia. His visionary work in higher education left a lasting legacy on Black academic advancement.

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