The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 3, January 19, 2003, Article 3

SPRINGARN MEDAL

  Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day in the U.S.
  Dr. King was awarded a number of medals, including the
  Spingarn Medal.

  "In 1915 the NAACP initiated the Springarn Medal to be
  awarded annually for outstanding achievement by a black
  American. The first award was won by Dr. Ernest Everett
  Just, a 32-year old marine biologist from Charleston, South
  Carolina. Head of the Howard University Department of
  the Zoology at the time, Dr. Just was the only person to
  graduate magna cum laude from Dartmouth college with a
  degree in zoology, special honors in botany and history,
  and honors in sociology.

  Over the years the Springarn Medal has come to signify
  the highest honor available from the NAACP. Although
  the significance of the organization declined with the
  culmination of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, the
  Springarn Medal remains a coveted award.  Past winners
  include statesmen (Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King),
  musicians (Marian Anderson, Duke Ellington), authors
  (Maya Angelou, Alex Haley), politicians (Barbara Jordan,
  Andrew Young), civil rights leaders (Medger Evans, Rosa
  Parks), athletes (Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron), and
  entertainers (Paul Robeson, Bill Cosby)."

  [Excerpted from "The History of the Springarn Medal"
  http://or.essortment.com/springarnmedal_rlwp.htm.
  Other web references include:
  http://www.lfpl.org/reference/rflksgarn.htm
  http://spingarn.k12.dc.us/sclub/medal.html

  In my searches of the web I've been unable to find an
  image of this medal.   Has anyone ever seen one?  Or
  know anything about the design and designer?  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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