Advocacy by this organization in 2011 resulted in Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour suspending the life sentences of sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott, who had served 16 years of a life sentence for the
Advocacy by this organization in 2011 resulted in Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour suspending the life sentences of sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott, who had served 16 years of a life sentence for the theft of $11. Formed by many members of the earlier Niagara Movement, this organization was inspired to form after 1908 riots in Lincoln's birthplace of Springfield, Illinois. The journal of this organization, The Crisis, was established by one of the organization's founders, the first African-American to earn a PhD, W.E.B. DuBois. FTP what is this civil-rights organization which presents the Image Award and Spingarn Medal?
Advocacy by this organization in 2011 resulted in Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour suspending the life sentences of sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott, who had served 16 years of a life sentence for the theft of $11.
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