Awards and Honors

• 1925 -- Opportunity magazine literary contest, first prize in poetry
• 1925 -- Amy Spingarn Contest, Crisis magazine, poetry and essay prizes
• 1926 -- Witter Bynner undergraduate poetry prize contests, first prize
• 1927 -- Palms magazine Intercollegiate Poetry Award
• 1931 -- Harmon Gold Medal for Literature
• 1935 -- Guggenheim fellowship for creative work
• 1941 -- Rosenwald fellowship
• 1943 -- Doctor of Literature, Lincoln University
• 1960 -- Doctor of Literature, Howard University
• 1964 -- Doctor of Literature, Western Reserve University
• 1947 -- National Institute and American Academy of Arts and Letters grant
• 1954 -- Anisfeld-Wolfe Award for best book on racial relations
• 1960 -- Spingarn Medal, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003.
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors

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