Omega's Springarn Medal Winners
 

The Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for outstanding achievement by a black American.




1915

Ernest E. Just - Omega Man

1916

Charles Young - Omega Man

1917

Harry T. Burleigh

1918

William Stanley Braithwaite

1919

Archibald H. Grimke

1920

W.E.B. Du Bois

1921

Charles S. Gilpin

1922

Mary B. Talbert

1923

George Washington Carver

1924

Roland Hayes

1925

James Weldon Johnson

1926

Carter G. Woodson - Omega Man

1927

Anthony Overton

1928

Charles W. Chesnutt

1929

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

1930

Henry A. Hunt

1931

Richard Berry Harrison

1932

Robert Russa Moton

1933

Max Yergan

1934

William T. B. Williams

1935

Mary McLeod Bethune

1936

John Hope

1937

Walter White

1938

No award

1939

Marian Anderson

1940

Louis T. Wright

1941

Richard Wright

1942

A. Philip Randolph

1943

William H. Hastie - Omega Man

1944

Charles Drew - Omega Man

1945

Paul Robeson

1946

Thurgood Marshall

1947

Percy Julian - Omega Man

1948

Channing H. Tobias

1949

Ralph J. Bunche

1950

Charles Hamilton Houston

1951

Mabel Keaton Staupers

1952

Harry T. Moore

1953

Paul R. Williams

1954

Theodore K. Lawless

1955

Carl Murphy

1956

Jackie Robinson

1957

Martin Luther King, Jr.

1958

Daisy Bates and the
Little Rock Nine

1959

Edward Kennedy
(Duke) Ellington

1960

Langston Hughes - Omega Man

1961

Kenneth B. Clark

1962

Robert C. Weaver

1963

Medgar Evers

1964

Roy Wilkins - Omega Man

1965

Leontyne Price

1966

John H. Johnson

1967

Edward W. Brooke III

1968

Sammy Davis, Jr.

1969

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.

1970

Jacob Lawrence

1971

Leon Howard Sullivan

1972

Gordon Parks

1973

Wilson C. Riles

1974

Damon Keith

1975

Hank Aaron - Omega Man

1976

Alvin Ailey

1977

Alex Haley

1978

Andrew Young

1979

Rosa L. Parks

1980

Rayford W. Logan

1981

Coleman Young

1982

Benjamin E. Mays - Omega Man

1983

Lena Horne

1984

Tom Bradley

1985

Bill Cosby - Omega Man

1986

Benjamin L. Hooks - Omega Man

1987

Percy Ellis Sutton
1988

Frederick Douglass
Patterson

1989

Jesse Jackson - Omega Man

1990

L. Douglas Wilder - Omega Man

1991

Colin T. Powell

1992

Barbara Jordan

1993

Dorothy Irene Height

1994

Maya Angelou

1995

John Hope Franklin

1996

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

1997

Carl Rowan - Omega Man

1998

Myrlie Evers-Williams

1999

Earl G. Graves, Sr. - Omega Man

2000

Oprah Winfrey

2001

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. - Omega Man

2002

John Lewis

2003

Constance Baker Motley

2004

Robert L. Carter

2005

Oliver W. Hill

2006

Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.









Roland W. Hayes--Concert Performer

Mordecai W. Johnson--First Black Prez Howard University

Ralph J. Bunche--Detroit native, First Black to earn the Nobel Peace Prize

Robert C. Weaver--First Black to serve as HUD Sec. in a U.S. Prez Cabinet

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.--Once considered the 101st U.S. Senator, Lobbyist

A. Leon Higginbottham--U.S. Federal Judge

Add four names and eliminate three names. :)

There are several other NPHC members on that list as well....:cool:

is the Douglas Wilder on the list the ex Governor of VA?

There are others Ques on the list you missed,bruh!

Roland Hayes
Paul Williams-architect
Wilson Riles-former Calif. Supt. of Ed

Also,I on second look, other Ques on list are as follows:
Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
Robert C. Weaver-HUD Sec., Harvard Ph.D.
A. Leon Higginbotham-U.S. Court of Appeals
Oliver Hill-Civil Rights Atty, in a recent Oracle

Lastly, another Que recipient is Ernest Green, a member of the Little Rock Nine, who, with their advisor Daisy Bates, were awarded the Spingarn Medal in 1958.