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Joel Elias Spingarn

American writer, literary critic, educator, and civil rights activist

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Spingarn Medal

In Spingarn Medal
…29, 1914, is named for Joel Elias Spingarn, a white writer, literary critic, educator, and civil rights activist who served as chairman of the Board of Directors (1913–19), treasurer (1919–30), and president (1930–39) of the NAACP.
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