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Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. [1][2] Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and Executive Director from ...
Jan 21, 2007 · Roy Wilkins (1901-1981), White House, April 30, 1968. Photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto, Courtesy White House. Roy Wilkins, one of the leading US civil rights activists of the twentieth century, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 30, 1901.
4 days ago · Roy Wilkins (born August 30, 1901, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died September 8, 1981, New York, New York) was a Black American civil rights leader who served as the executive director (1955–77) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Roy Wilkins spent more than four decades at NAACP and held the top job at the civil rights organization for 22 years, beginning in 1955. A young journalist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1901, Wilkins grew up with his aunt and uncle in St. Paul, Minnesota.
May 15, 2014 · The legacy of slavery, Roy Wilkins once wrote, divided African Americans into two camps: victims of bondage who suffered passively, hoping for a better day, and rebels who heaped coals of fire on everything that smacked of inequality.
Roy Wilkins was one of the most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States from the 1930s through the 1970s. Born in St. Louis in 1901, he was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, by his aunt and uncle.
Feb 21, 2024 · When a white girl and her boyfriend accused six traveling circus hands of rape in 1920, Duluth police made 13 arrests. A lynch mob composed of thousands of residents stormed the jail and hung ...
Sep 9, 1981 · Roy Wilkins, leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and an activist in the cause of civil rights for more than 50 years, died yesterday at...
Sep 9, 1981 · Roy Wilkins, 80, a Mississippi slave's grandson who helped shape many of the most important moments in U.S. civil rights history as executive director of the National Association for...
As executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1955 to 1977, Roy Wilkins collaborated with Martin Luther King on many of the major campaigns of the civil rights movement.
