Arthur B. Spingarn, a key figure in the early U.S. civil rights movement and one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), was born on this day in New York City. A white Jewish lawyer, Spingarn was deeply committed to racial justice. He chaired the NAACP’s legal committee and later served as its president from 1940 to 1965, succeeding his brother Joel E. Spingarn.
Arthur Spingarn helped expand the organization’s legal strategy and supported the fight against segregation and discrimination in the courts.
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