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[[images - 4 black & white photographs of scenes around the convention]] - Supreme Court is won on behalf of Dr. L.A. Nixon El Paso. - James Weldon Johnson's God Trombones is published. - Anthony Overton receives Spingarn Medal as successful insurance executive permitted to organize under stringent laws of New York. 1928 - Charles W. Chesnutt, distinguished author, receives Spingarn Medal. 1929 - Mordecai W. Johnson receives Spingarn Medal for successful career as first Negro president of Howard University. 1930 - As the result of a strong lobby organized by the NAACP, the U.S. Senate refuses to confirm nomination to the Supreme Court of John H. Parker, a one-time self-proclaimed opponent of the franchise for Negroes. - Joel E. Spingarn elected President of the NAACP. - Henry A. Hunt receives Spingarn Medal for 25 years devoted to the education of Negroes in rural Georgia. 1931 - Walter White becomes NAACP Executive Secretary. - Roy Wilkins named Assistant Executive Secretary. - Richard B. Harrison receives Spingarn Medal for characterization of The Lord in "The Green Pastures." 1932 - Robert R. Moton, author and principal of Tuskegee Institute receives Spingarn Medal. 1933 - Max Yergen receives the Spingarn Medal for [[?]] years of service as American YMCA secretary among native students of South Africa. 1934 - Following a prolonged dispute with the NAACP Board of Directors over the issue of segregation, W.E.B. Du Bois resigns as editor of The Crisis, which he founded in 1910. - William T.B. Williams receives Spingarn Medal for service to Negro education 1935 - Mary McLeod Bethune receives Spingarn Medal as an educator and courageous fighter against injustice. - Charles H. Houston joins staff as Special Counsel. 1936 - Dr. Louis T. Wright becomes Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors.