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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.
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (geboren am 30. August 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri; gestorben am 8. September 1981 in Manhattan, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Aktivist und Bürgerrechtler.
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 (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).
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21. Jan. 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.
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. The NAACP, founded in 1909, aimed to achieve by peaceful and lawful means equal rights for all Americans.
Learn about Roy Wilkins, a prominent civil rights leader and NAACP executive, and his legacy at the University of Minnesota. The center he founded in 1992 conducts research and dialogue on racial equality and social justice issues.
