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Spingarn

American  
[spin-gahrn] / ˈspɪn gɑrn /

noun

  1. Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.


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Spingarn built and planted the rock wall in the 1970s.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

“I think it’s going to be very important to see what actually happened with this particular incident because there’s a credibility concern,” said Rob Spingarn, a managing director at Melius Research, a financial analysis firm.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2022

In November 1954, Niles was a student at Spingarn, a school for Black students on Benning Road NE.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021

By the time Young Contee was set to graduate from Spingarn, the traditional high school, he and the police department were eyeing and embracing each other.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2021

He was then working at Howard University as a research librarian in the Moorland- Spingarn Research Center, one of the largest collections of Africana in the world.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates