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Congressional Gold Medal Recipients: Notable African-Americans

April 09, 2006 by

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Roberto Clemente was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1973
Roy Wilkins was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Dorothy Height has been one of the most influential African-Americans in modern history.