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Name: Roy Wilkins
Birth Date: August 30, 1901
Death Date: September 9, 1981
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: civil rights leader

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Biography of Roy Wilkins
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Roy Wilkins (1901-1981) was one of the most important leaders in the civil rights struggle of African Americans. Born Aug. 30, 1901, in St. Louis, Missouri, of struggling African American parents, Roy Wilkins received his bachelor of arts degree from...


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Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and between 1931...


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The Washington Post
Remembering Roy Wilkins
05/17/1989: 710 words, approx. 2 pages
The 35th anniversary ofthe Supreme Court decision outlawing public school segregation is as good a time as any to take another look at the forgotten man who as much as any made it possible. My contemporaries will know I'm talking about Roy Wilkins,...
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The New Crisis
Roy Wilkins puts his stamp on history
01/01/2001: 314 words, approx. 1 pages
On January 24, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in honor of Roy Wilkins (1901-1981), executive secretary of the NAACP from 1955-1977. In a ceremony held last July at the NAACP's 91st annual convention, the postal service unveiled the Wilkins stamp, the...
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AP News
Former Olympic sprinter accused of rape
7/2/2007: 258 words, approx. 1 pages
A former Olympic sprinter from the Caribbean confessed that he raped four women and a teenage girl during a four-year period after stalking them in the city's parks, authorities said Monday.Alvin Henry, a member of the 400-meter relay team for Trinidad and Tobago at the...
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Black aviators to be honored by Congress
3/29/2007: 553 words, approx. 2 pages
Six decades after completing their World War II mission and coming home to a country that discriminated against them because they were black, the Tuskegee Airmen are getting high honors from Congress.That gratitude will be expressed Thursday when the legendary black aviators will receive a...
 


 

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