Wilkins

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Wilkins is a surname most notably associated with Roy Wilkins, a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime NAACP executive director.

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Wilkins canonical 8

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instanceOf American civil rights leader
NAACP leader
civil rights activist
family name
human
surname
advocatedFor anti-lynching legislation
desegregation
voting rights
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom
basedIn New York City during NAACP leadership
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-08-30
dateOfDeath 1981-09-08
derivedFrom Wilk
Wilkin
given name William
educatedAt University of Minnesota
employer NAACP
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Wilkins self-linksurface differs
fieldOfWork civil rights
racial equality
givenName Roy
hasNotableBearer Roy Wilkins
languageOfOrigin English
memberOf NAACP
movement American civil rights movement
notableFor executive leadership of the NAACP
leadership in the American civil rights movement
notableWork leadership in the 1963 March on Washington
occupation civil rights activist
editor
journalist
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld executive director of the NAACP
predecessor Walter Francis White as NAACP executive leader
religion Baptists
surface form: Baptist
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Aminda “Minnie” Badeau
surface form: Aminda “Minnie” Badeau Wilkins
successor Benjamin Hooks as NAACP executive director

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roy Wilkins familyName Wilkins
Maurice Wilkins familyName Wilkins
Dominique Wilkins familyName Wilkins
Wilkins familyName Wilkins self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Roy Wilkins
Wilkens hasVariant Wilkins
Wilkes hasVariant Wilkins
Gerald Wilkins familyName Wilkins