Roy Wilkins

Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Early career

Wilkins was born August 30, 1901 in St. Louis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in sociology in 1923. He worked as a journalist at the Minnesota Daily and became editor of St. Paul Appeal, an African-American newspaper. After he graduated he became the editor of the Kansas City Call. In 1929 he married social worker Aminda "Minnie" Badeau; the couple had no children.

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August 30 - St. Louis - University of Minnesota - Sociology - Journalist - Minnesota Daily - Appeal - African-American - Newspaper - Kansas City Call - 1929 - Social worker

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Wilkins was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and between 1931 and 1934 was assistant NAACP secretary under Walter Francis White. When W. E. B. Du Bois left the organization in 1934, Wilkins replaced him as editor of Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP.

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NAACP - Walter Francis White - W. E. B. Du Bois - Crisis

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