Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was...

Roy Wilkins Auditorium (nicknamed The Roy) is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in St. Paul, Minnesota. Designed by the renowned municipal architect Clarence...

to: Roy Wilkins (American football) (1933–2002), American football linebacker Roy Wilkins (cricketer) (1892–1965), Australian cricketer Roy Wilkins Auditorium...

brands. Bowers & Wilkins began as a radio and electronics shop in Worthing. It was started after World War II by John Bowers & Roy Wilkins, who had met while...

leaders including Adam Clayton Powell, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins. Mahalia Jackson performed. The 1963 march was part of the rapidly expanding...

Roy Wilkins Park, originally known as Southern Queens Park, is a 54-acre (22 ha) park in the St. Albans neighborhood of southeastern Queens in New York...

respects. Among them were Martin Luther King Jr., NAACP executive director Roy Wilkins, Congress on Racial Equality national leader James Farmer, Michigan lieutenant...

Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations...

became assistant attorney general in the Johnson administration. Wilkins' uncle, Roy Wilkins, was the former executive director of the National Association...

Roy Wilkins was a highly respected senior official of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and in 1980 the Association created...

years, leaders of the organization have included Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins. Its mission in the 21st century is "to ensure the political, educational...

letter praised "older leaders" of the civil rights movement such as Roy Wilkins. On March 8, 1971, an activist group called the Citizens' Commission...

the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, and shares a single indoor access area with the RiverCentre and Roy Wilkins Auditorium...

Women's Hockey League history, and took place on June 10, 2024 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Sarah Fillier was selected first...

Roy Wilkins (18 April 1892 – 17 July 1965) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania between 1925 and 1926. List of...

being neutralized by the NAACP. In response, NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins characterized the incident as a lynching and said that Mississippi was...

Canada Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Glover Wilkins Lock, a lock in Mississippi Roy Wilkins Auditorium, an arena in Minnesota Wilkins Mill...

long-time New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins are highly critical of Rustin on account of his romantic orientation—calling...

Roy Lee Wilkins (December 26, 1933 – October 4, 2002) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams...

Cleveland Robinson, A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins; (standing L-R) Mathew Ahmann, Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Eugene Carson...

Primary and Extended Care Facility. A portion of the hospital site became Roy Wilkins Park in the 1980s. Within St. Albans is the small western enclave of...

of Marcus Garvey; he learned to display a skillful verbal dexterity. Roy Wilkins, his successor at the NAACP, said: "White was one of the best talkers...

(1862–1931) Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784) Walter F. White (1893–1955) Roy Wilkins (1901–1981) Daniel Hale Williams (1856–1931) August Wilson (1945–2005)...

had strong reservations. He often held pro-and-con discussions with Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP.[citation needed] Johnson wanted a strong...

Johnson gave birth to their son, Fred Hampton Jr. Civil rights activists Roy Wilkins and Ramsey Clark, styled as "The Commission of Inquiry into the Black...

such as Ella Baker and James Forman, and opposed by others, such as Roy Wilkins (the national NAACP chairman) and Martin Luther King Jr. In 1961, Maya...

application of a declared constitutional right".: 184  In United States v. Wilkins (1964), he concluded that the Fifth Amendment's protection against double...

resulting in his resignation as editor in 1934. He was replaced by Roy Wilkins. However, financial issues were also at play. In his 1940 memoir Dusk...

support, NAACP chairman Roy Wilkins did not want Rustin to receive any public credit for his role in planning the march. Roy Wilkins said, "This march is...

Thomas Pridgen playing at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 21, 2008...