William Braithwaite was awarded the Spingarn Medal for his distinguished achievements in literature.
William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite was a famous writer and anthologist. In 1918, the NAACP awarded him the Spingarn Medal.
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"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97L-RDG : accessed 8 September 2020), Wm Braithwaite in household of Henry Vantassell, Newport city Ward 4, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 222, sheet 9B, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,505.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VW-GQ7 : accessed 6 August 2020), William S Braithwaite, Cambridge Ward 8, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 770, sheet 4A, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 596; FHL microfilm 1,374,609.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXBJ-6CT : accessed 6 August 2020), William S Braithwaite, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 8, sheet 9A, line 43, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 706; FHL microfilm 1,820,706.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQGG-F3R : accessed 6 August 2020), Wm S Braithwaite, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 1B, line 60, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 913; FHL microfilm 2,340,648.
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