Arthur B. Spingarn

CTL-E-4402 · Person · other · 1878-1971

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Attorney, social activist, and collector of books by Black authors (1878-1971); served as president of the NAACP. Howard University acquired his large personal library in 1946.

The record

Also known as: Arthur Barnett Spingarn

Notes

RELP101 supporting entity: namesake benefactor of CTL-E-0773.

Relationships

Jesse E. Moorland — related to
The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University is named for Jesse E. Moorland and Arthur B. Spingarn, whose collections founded it.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — affiliated with
Arthur B. Spingarn served as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Referenced by

Dorothy Porter Wesley — related to → this record

Sources

MSRC/Howard - Arthur Barnett Spingarn finding aid. https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/179/

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