loc_afamodyssey_0826001r 0826001r afamodyssey loc yes Thirtieth Spingarn Medal awarded to Paul Robeson, October 18, 1945 African American athletes African American actors African American men African American women Dinners and dining Award presentations National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Spingarn Medal Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 Black-and-white photograph showing the awards banquet at which Paul Robeson was presented with the Spingarn Medal in 1945. The NAACP awards the Spingarn Medal yearly to an African American with high achievements. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) eng Black-and-white photographs http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0826001r.jpg NAACP Collection (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative) Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. 1945-10-18 United States 20090526 204835