Roy Wilkins Memorial Task Force records, 1982-1985.

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Roy Wilkins Memorial Task Force records, 1982-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313861953

These are mainly the files of Joanne Englund, Public Works Department employee and staff director of the project, and include minutes, reports, budgetary materials, dedication program and memorial poster, and correspondence. The latter, much of it signed by task force chair Joseph Errigo, documents the activities of the task force, particularly its preparation for the dedication ceremony.

0.2 cu. ft. (3 folders and 1 oversize folder).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316359

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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. ...

Latimer, George, 1935-

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Lawyer and judge. 1946, elected judge of Utah State Supreme Court. 1951, judge on the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Represented William Laws Calley as a result of My Lai, Vietnam, event. From the description of [Papers] / George Latimer. 1968-1976. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 10155108 San Juan, Puerto Rico resident. From the description of Letters, 1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635482 ...

Englund, Joanne A.

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Nesse, J. Paul.

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Saint Paul (Minn.).

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The Roy Wilkins Memorial Task Force was appointed by Mayor George Latimer in December 1982, in response to a request for a memorial to Wilkins made by the St. Paul Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Wilkins, who grew up in St. Paul and graduated from the University of Minnesota, was the Executive Secretary of the NAACP from 1955 through 1977 and was instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1965 Voting Rights Act, and 1968 Fair Housing Act. ...

West, James R.

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Communist party member and activist. From the description of Papers, 1954-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122662417 ...

Walker, Donald

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Roy Wilkins Auditorium (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. St. Paul Branch.

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St. Paul Civic Center (Minn.).

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Errigo, Joseph.

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