The reminiscences of Roy Wilkins, 1960, [microform].

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The reminiscences of Roy Wilkins, 1960, [microform].

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A transcript of Roy Wilkins oral history interviews with William Ingersoll. Wilkins discusses his family background, his childhood and education in St. Paul and Minneapolis, job discrimination and journalism in Kansas City, southern labor problems, New York housing, race relations and industrial integration, the 1941 March on Washington, and other race-related topics. Forms part of Columbia University Oral History Collection (Part One).

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Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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Civil rights leader and journalist; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1915-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605113 Roy Wilkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Wilkins edited the KANSAS CITY CALL, a Black newspaper, from 1923 to 1931. Wilkins became Assistant Secretary of the NAACP in 1931 and became Executive Secretary in 1955. Under his leadership the NAACP grew to 350,000 members. ...