Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (born 1901)

Roy Wilkins

American civil rights leader (1901–1981)

Roy Ottoway Wilkins was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and…