NAACP Spingarn Medal awarded to Major Charles Young

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On View: Segregation Gallery; Museum Maps; Objects in this Location

Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
Issued by: Spingarn, Joel Elias, American, 1875 - 1939
Received by: Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922

Date: 1916

Medium: gold
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Description: Circular solid gold Spingarn Medal awarded to Major Charles Young in 1916 by the NAACP. The front of the medal has Lady Justice holding a sword at her right side and the scales of justice in her left hand with the words "FOR MERIT" engraved beside her. The back of the medal has the words: "SPINGARN MEDAL awarded to Major Charles Young, U.S.A/February 22, 1916/BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE".

Classification: Awards and Medals

Type: medals

Topic: Associations and institutions; Buffalo Soldiers; Military

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.3.1

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible; Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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NAACP Spingarn Medal awarded to Major Charles Young