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Spingarn Medal, awarded annually for the highest achievement of an American Negro, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, thirtieth award to Paul Robeson, Hotel Biltmore, October 18, 1945

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  1. African Americans
  2. Awards
  3. Banquet Camera Photographs
  4. Eating & Drinking
  5. Group Portraits
  6. Hotels
  7. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  8. Photographic Prints
  9. Portrait Photographs
  10. Robeson, Paul
  11. Social Life
  12. Spingarn Medal

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