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Scholar and activist Dr. W.E.B. DuBois was awarded the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP's highest honor, on this date in 1920 in Atlanta, Georgia.

DNC 2016 Coverage

POSTED: July 27, 2016, 9:00 pm

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Protesters gather outside of Wells Fargo Center, site of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on the first day of the convention.

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