Arthur B. Spingarn
Arthur B. Spingarn · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Headed the NAACP's national legal committee pro bono and chaired the organization for two decades from 1919, directing its litigation against segregation.
1878, New York City, USA — 1971, New York City, USA
New York City
Arthur B. Spingarn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Headed the NAACP's national legal committee pro bono and chaired the organization for two decades from 1919, directing its litigation against segregation.
Arthur B. Spingarn, born to a Jewish family in New York, was a lawyer who led the NAACP's national legal committee, largely pro bono, directing its litigation against segregation for decades. He succeeded his brother Joel as president of the NAACP, serving from 1940 to 1965. His book collection on Black life became the core of Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Wikipedia (Arthur B. Spingarn); Jews in the civil rights movement (Wikipedia)
Headed the NAACP's national legal committee pro bono and chaired the organization for two decades from 1919, directing its litigation against segregation.
Source: Wikipedia (Arthur B. Spingarn); Jews in the civil rights movement (Wikipedia)
Similar Contributors
Joel Elias Spingarn
Jacob Schiff
Kivie Kaplan
Jack Greenberg
Herbert Lehman
