In recognition of his role in the Civil Rights Movement, he was posthumously awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement, and he is featured in the Smithsonian National Museum of ...

According to the NAACP, the Spingarn Medal is meant to bring awareness to the achievements among Americans of African descent and to inspire African American youth. It was first awarded to Ernest ...

The first businessman to win the NAACP’s prestigious Spingarn Medal (in 1927); Overton, at his peak, presided over a Chicago-based financial empire that included a personal care products company ...

Misty Copeland, star of the American Ballet Theatre, has signed with Range Media Partners for representation in all areas.

Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt ... In 1938 Eleanor Roosevelt presented her with the NAACP's Spingarn Award for "that American Negro who has made the highest ...

The 28-minute short made its debut at the Tribeca Festival and was nominated for an NAACP Award. Copeland has been honored with the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, The Heisman Trophy Humanitarian ...