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| Roy Wilkins |
- Filed under:
- Civil Rights People
- Event date:
- August 30, 2008 (This event repeats every year)
- Location:
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Born:
- August 30, 1901 (107 years ago)
- Died:
- September 8, 1981 (80 years old)
Description:
Born August 30, 1901, Wilkins was a civil rights activist. He was the executive director of the NAACP from 1955 to 1977. Wilkins was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon Johnson in 1967.