- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- Thirtieth Spingarn Medal awarded to Paul Robeson, October 18, 1945
- Date of Original:
- 1945-10-18
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- 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.
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0826001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0826001r.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- NAACP Collection (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative)
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
Thirtieth Spingarn Medal awarded to Paul Robeson, October 18, 1945
