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3 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · 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. [President Kennedy] was bubbling over with the success of the event; the way it had ...
4 days ago · 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.
Jun 20, 2024 · With the financial backing and of the N.A.A.C.P. behind him, W.E.B. Du Bois used The Crisis to supplant Booker T. Washington as the leading spokesman for the Black community. Du Bois was replaced as editor by the highly respected but less controversial Roy Wilkins in 1934.
6 days ago · Adams's son, John Jr., took over the Appeal and hired a young graduate student, Roy Wilkins, as editor in April 1923. The newspaper struggled, however, and it was sold to a competitor, the Northwestern Bulletin, later that year.
Jun 20, 2024 · National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.
Jun 19, 2024 · Join us for Juneteenth in Queens: The Resilient City! Experience a day of celebration and reflection at Roy Wilkins Park as we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States,including the last freed in Galveston, TX. Enjoy live music, dance performances, food vendors, and more!
