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16 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 4 dias · Roy Wilkins. Roy Wilkins announced that sociologist and activist W. E. B. Du Bois had died in Ghana the previous night, where he had been living in exile; the crowd observed a moment of silence in his memory.
- August 28, 1963; 60 years ago
18 de abr. de 2024 · About 26,000 students took part in the Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington, D.C. They heard speeches by Martin Luther King Jr., A. Phillip Randolph and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins. In advance of the march, false accusations were made that Communists had infiltrated the group.
Há 1 dia · He went on to work with the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King and Dick Gregory in the South, and with Saul Alinsky and NAACP Director Roy Wilkins in the North during the Civil Rights era. He also taught seminars at the University of Peace with Nobel Peace Laureate Father Dominique Pire.
3 de mai. de 2024 · At her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare, “Medgar Evers believed in his country. It remains to be seen if his country believes in him.” Later today, his country will declare its belief in him when the family of the slain Mississippi NAACP leader receives the Presidential ...
20 de abr. de 2024 · Roy Wilkins was a civil rights activist who served as executive secretary of the NAACP from 1955 to 1964 when he became its executive director. Roy Wilkins: We met immediately [with the president and vice president] after the gathering at the Lincoln Memorial.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Roy Wilkins, a prominent member of the NAACP, served as acting secretary and later as executive secretary. He was a key figure in the prevention of Communist infiltration of the NAACP. Provided is information on Wilkins’s connections to such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Paul Robeson.
