"Spingarn Medal winner" page 2

Oprah Winfrey female, 55 years old: television talk show host, the oprah winfrey show, entrepreneur, black billionaire, American billionaire, influential woman…Daytime Emmy Award winner, Emmy Award winner, SpingarnMedalwinner, Peabody Award winner; Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the highest rated talk...

Max Yergan male, deceased (1975): National Negro Congress, International Council on African Affairs, African National Congress, YMCA, marxism, American…SpingarnMedalwinner; Max Yergan (born 1892 in Raleigh, North Carolina; died 1975) was an African American activist notable for being a Baptist missionary for the YMCA,...

Colin Powell male, 72 years old: United States Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Vietnam War veteran, American, United States National Security Advisor, politician…Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Soldier's Medal recipient, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal, SpingarnMedalwinner, Congressional Gold Medal recipient; General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) is a former American military leader and statesman. He became the first...

Jesse Jackson male, 68 years old: politician, presidential candidate, Democrat, democratic party, minister, Civil Rights…SpingarnMedalwinner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is a professional civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic...

Percy Sutton male, 89 years old: Brooklyn Law School alumni, Distinguished Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, politician, Brooklyn Law School, New York lawyer…SpingarnMedalwinner; Percy Sutton is a civil rights activist, lawyer and entrepreneur. Born November 24, 1920, Percy Sutton is a San Antonio, Texas native. Percy Sutton...

Duke Ellington male, deceased (1974): most influential figure in jazz, Swing pianist, Jazz composer, pianist, Big band bandleader, Bandleader…Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Grammy Award winner, SpingarnMedalwinner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an African American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader who has been one of the most influential figu...

Andrew Young male, 77 years old: opponent of the Vietnam War, African-American, Georgia State University, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Centennial Olympic Park, from New Orleans…SpingarnMedalwinner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States'...

John Hope Franklin male, 94 years old: Duke University faculty, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, American, Fisk University alumni, Duke Law School Faculty, American Historical Association…John W. Kluge Prize winner, presidential medal of freedom, SpingarnMedalwinner; John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a United States historian and past president of the American Historical Association. Professor...

James Weldon Johnson male, deceased (1938): Fisk University, American road accident victim, African American, poet, novelist, Columbia University alumni…SpingarnMedalwinner; James Weldon Johnson was a leading American author, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights...

Richard Wright male, deceased (1960): buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, death by myocardial infarction, agnostic, American expatriate in France, Mississippi writer, novelist…SpingarnMedalwinner; Richard Wright was an American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction.

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