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[W.E.B. Du Bois, full-length portrait, following Spingarn awards ceremony, Atlanta, Georgia] – Vintage Wall Art

[W.E.B. Du Bois, full-length portrait, following Spingarn awards ceremony, Atlanta, Georgia], [1920] — historic photograph
[W.E.B. Du Bois, full-length portrait, following Spingarn awards ceremony, Atlanta, Georgia], [1920]. Historic photograph from the Atlanta collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few pictures in this set show Du Bois standing alone at full length, and this one was taken in Atlanta, Georgia, after an awards ceremony in 1920. The Spingarn Medal, created by the NAACP in 1914, recognized outstanding achievement by African Americans, and Du Bois, a sociologist and historian who edited the organization's magazine, *The Crisis*, was among the most visible figures in that movement. Photographs from NAACP events of this period document the organization's public campaign for civil rights and its effort to promote Black achievement against a backdrop of segregation and racial violence.

Created / published[1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920.Group portraits 1920.Photographic prints 1920.
NotesForms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.
SubjectsDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt),--1868-1963--Commemoration--Georgia--Atlanta. Awards--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,104 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-117360

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