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[Jackie Robinson (left), Roy Wilkins (center), and Duke Ellington (right), talking during the Spingarn Medal Awards ceremony]

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[1997, From A Photograph Taken Dec. 8, 1956]
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  1. Ellington, Duke
  2. Group Portraits
  3. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  4. People
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Portrait Photographs
  7. Robinson, Jackie
  8. Spingarn Medal
  9. Wilkins, Roy

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