Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

male, deceased (1976)
Fellow traveler, Communist sympathizer, Songs of the Spanish Civil War, buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Stalin Peace Prize, Shakespearean actor…spingarnmedal, Spingarn Medal winner
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer,...

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

female
angry mob, First Nations, sudbury, laurentian university, Congressional Gold Medal, Greater Sudbury…Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, Spingarn Medal winner, spingarnmedal, Congressional Gold Medal recipient
Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of a group of African-American teenagers known as the "Little Rock Nine." On September 25, 1957, under the gaze of...
Joel Elias Spingarn

Joel Elias Spingarn

male, deceased (1939)
Columbia University, Harcourt, Brace and Company, W.E.B. DuBois, Harcourt Trade Publisher, 1963 March on Washington, comparative literature…Spingarn Medal winner, spingarnmedal, Spingarn Senior High School
Joel Elias Spingarn (May 17,1875 - July 26,1939) was an American educator and literary critic. Spingarn was born in New York City. He was professor...

Louis T. Wright

male, deceased (1952)
Harlem, African American, World War I, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, spingarnmedal, Spingarn Medal winner
Louis Tompkins Wright (born 1891 in LaGrange, Georgia; died 1952) was a Spingarn Medal winning surgeon noted for his work in Harlem. He received...

Jefferson Thomas

male, 67 years old
Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School, Little Rock Central High School, Nine from Little Rock, Congressional Gold Medal, United States Information Agency, Horace Mann High School…Spingarn Medal winner, spingarnmedal, Congressional Gold Medal recipient
Jefferson Thomas was one of the Little Rock Nine. Thomas is the youngest of seven children. Before enrolling at Little Rock Central High School, he...

Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.

male, deceased (1984)
African American, Civil Rights, baltimore sun, activist, Harry R. Hughes, Spingarn Medal winner…spingarnmedal
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (March 8 1911 - March 19 1984) was a civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years....
Archie Alexander

Archie Alexander

male, deceased (1958)
Archie Alphonso Alexander, Episcopalian, u.s. virgin islands, African American, Iowa Hawkeyes football player, civil engineer…spingarnmedal, Spingarn Medal winner
Archie Alphonso Alexander (14 May, 1888-4 January, 1958) was an African-American mathematician and engineer and the first African-American graduate...

Channing Heggie Tobias

male, deceased (1961)
greek alphabet, Greek-letter, Fraternities and sororities, Alpha Phi Alpha, fraternity, NAACP…Spingarn Medal winner, spingarnmedal
Channing Heggie Tobias (born February 1, 1882 in Augusta, Georgia; died November 5, 1961) was a civil rights activist and Spingarn Medalist. In...