Roy Wilkins
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Roy Wilkins was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime NAACP executive director who played a central role in the mid-20th-century struggle for racial equality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American civil rights leader
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NAACP leader ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Spingarn Medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1901-08-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-09-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| employer | NAACP ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Wilkins ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
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racial equality ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Roy ⓘ |
| hasHonorificName |
Roy Wilkins Auditorium
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Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice ⓘ Roy Wilkins Park ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for desegregation
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leading the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ support for nonviolent protest ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NAACP ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
American Civil Rights Movement
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| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins
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leadership in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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editor ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 campaign
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
surface form:
Voting Rights Act of 1965 campaign
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| partOf | NAACP leadership ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld |
assistant secretary of the NAACP
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editor of The Crisis ⓘ executive director of the NAACP ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Aminda “Minnie” Badeau ⓘ |
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