Did Ellington Deserve To Be Recognized By The Naacp?
Did Ellington Deserve To Be Recognized By The Naacp? Did Ellington deserve to be recognized by the naacp? In 1959, The NAACP awarded its highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, to Ellington “for outstanding and unique musical achievements.” But the public response was one of mass criticism. An editorial in The California Eagle, a prominent Black