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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 Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s.
16. Apr. 2024 · 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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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.
21. Jan. 2007 · Learn about Roy Wilkins, a leading US civil rights activist and the executive director of the NAACP from 1955 to 1977. He played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1967.
15. Mai 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. Wilkins belonged among the rebels.
9. Sept. 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,...
