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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.
15 de may. de 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 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). He was often referred to as the senior statesman of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
21 de ene. de 2007 · Roy Wilkins was a leading US civil rights activist and the executive director of the NAACP from 1955 to 1977. He played a key role in the 1960s civil rights movement and the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Roy Wilkins was the executive director of NAACP for 22 years and cofounded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He participated in historic marches and fought for civil rights legislation, nonviolence and dignity for Black Americans.
Roy Wilkins was the executive secretary of the NAACP from 1955 to 1977, and collaborated with Martin Luther King on many campaigns for racial equality. He valued the legal approach and the nonviolent direct action of the civil rights movement, and praised King's leadership and courage.
Roy Wilkins (1901 – 1981) was a prominent civil right activist, leader and journalist. He headed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) where he headed efforts that led to significant civil rights legislation victories such as the 1954 Brown v.
