| Roy Wilkins |
- Filed under:
- Civil Rights People
- Event date:
- August 30 (This event repeats every year)
- Location:
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Born:
- August 30 (122 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.