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Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States 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 ...
Hace 4 días · Roy Wilkins (born Aug. 30, 1901, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.—died Sept. 8, 1981, New York, N.Y.) 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 ...
Roy Wilkins was a journalist, activist and NAACP executive director for 22 years, from 1955 to 1977. He led the civil rights organization in many historic marches and victories, such as Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. He also cofounded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and supported the Black-owned Tri-State Bank in Memphis.
21 de ene. de 2007 · A biography of Roy Wilkins, one of the leading US civil rights activists of the twentieth century. Learn about his life, career, and achievements as the executive secretary of the NAACP from 1955 to 1964 and a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
15 de may. de 2014 · Civil Rights activist Roy Wilkins devoted his life to achieving equal rights under the law for the nation’s African Americans. 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 ...
Roy Wilkins. Executive Director, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Introduced at the August 1963 March on Washington as "the acknowledged champion of civil rights in America," Roy Wilkins headed the oldest and largest of the civil rights organizations.
9 de sept. de 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 the age of 80. The...
