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Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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Personal name headingWilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1901-08-30
Death date1981-09-08
Place of birthSaint Louis (Mo.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityAfrican Americans--Civil rights
AffiliationUniversity of Minnesota
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Profession or occupationCivil rights workers
Found inStanding fast, 1984: CIP t.p. (Roy Wilkins) data sheet (1901-1981)
Wikipedia, March 7, 2014 (Roy Wilkins (Aug. 30, 1901, St. Louis, Missouri - Sep. 8, 1981, New York City, New York) was an African-American prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s; graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in sociology in 1923; his most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP))
Associated languageeng