Which president gave Sammy Davis Jr. the Spingarn Medal?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Answer
Sammy Davis Jr. received the Spingarn Medal from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1970. The Spingarn Medal is the highest honor awarded by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Davis was recognized for his contributions to the arts and his activism in the civil rights movement.
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