Roy Wilkins

CTL-E-1532 · Person · activist · 1930s-1970s

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NAACP executive secretary / executive director (1955-1977); editor of The Crisis (1934-1949); organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

The record

• Also known as: Roy Ottoway Wilkins

Relationships

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) — related to
  Wilkins was one of the "Big Six" organizers of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963).
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — affiliated with
  Wilkins served as NAACP executive secretary from 1955 (retitled executive director in 1964) until 1977.
• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. — member of organization
  At the University of Minnesota, Wilkins helped organize a chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
• Thurgood Marshall — related to
  Wilkins and Marshall were the NAACP's top executive and legal leaders through the 1950s-60s civil-rights victories.
• Walter F. White — worked under
  Wilkins served as assistant NAACP secretary under Walter White from 1931.

Referenced by

• The Crisis — wrote for → this record
• Walter F. White — related to → this record

Sources

• CultureTechLens batch RELP3 research

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