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#naacp107 The @naacp announced Ohio native, the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones as the 2016 NAACP Spingarn Medal recipient. Judge Jones is the 101st recipient of the Spingarn Medal. Judge Jones was awarded the Spingarn Medal at the annual dinner that closed out the Association’s annual convention in Cincinnati. Named for NAACP co-founder and leader Joel Elias Spingarn, the medal is presented annually to the man or woman of African descent and American citizenship who has made the highest achievement during the preceding year or in consideration of an overall body of work by an individual. Jones, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, succeeded Thurgood Marshall as general counsel for the NAACP in the 1970s before serving as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for 24 years. Jones also fought to overturn racial discrimination against black people across Africa in the 1990s, working with Nelson Mandela and others to write a new constitution for South Africa following the Apartheid era. From 1969 to 1978, Jones’ work for the NAACP took him to the Supreme Court multiple times, where he argued for affirmative action in public and private sectors, challenged efforts to maintain segregated schools in jurisdictions across the United States, and successfully defended the NAACP against attempts by Mississippi businesses and officials to bankrupt the organization through civil lawsuits brought by the targets of mass boycotts and protests in that state. (at Duke Energy Convention Center)

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