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Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. [1] [2] Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and Executive Director from 1964 to 1977. [2]
President Lyndon Johnson meets with Mitchell and other black leaders after the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Clarence Mitchell was raised in a large household consisting of 11 family members (him, along with his parents, his maternal grandparents, and six siblings.) One sibling died prior to Clarence's birth, and two died when he was ...
Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor, civil rights leader; Booker T. Washington, educator, founder of Tuskegee University [24] Ida B. Wells, civil rights activist, co-founder of the NAACP; Cornel West, civil rights activist, philosopher, author, minister; Roy Wilkins, civil rights activist
Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and into 1961. He succeeded in integrating the local public library and swimming pool in Monroe. At a time of high racial tension and ...
The rift with the NAACP grew larger in 1934 when Du Bois reversed his stance on segregation, stating that "separate but equal" was an acceptable goal for African Americans. [230] The NAACP leadership was stunned, and asked Du Bois to retract his statement, but he refused, and the dispute led to Du Bois's resignation from the NAACP. [231]
Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Sr. (March 10, 1908 – January 10, 1966) was an American civil rights movement leader and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He was murdered by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan for his work on recruiting Black Americans to vote. [1]
This week's Free Press Flashback is from the archive, a 1984 interview with Rev. Charles G. Adams shortly after becoming president of the NAACP. Free Press Flashback: The Rev. Charles Adams' first ...
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