Person Detail: Roy Wilkins

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Full Name: Roy Wilkins | ||
Biography: (1901-1981) Journalist, civil rights leader. Roy Wilkins lived the last thirty years of his life at 147-15 Village Road, Parkway Village, Flushing, Queens, New York. |
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1901 |
(Unknown) County Roy Wilkins was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, on August 30, 1901. |
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1951 |
Queens County Mr. Wilkins lived the last thirty years of his life at 147-15 Village Road, Parkway Village, Flushing, Queens, New York. |
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1931 |
New York County Around 1931, Mr. Wilkins moved to New York City and he became editor of "The Crisis," the official N.A.A.C.P. magazine, in 1934. |
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1981 |
New York County Roy Wilkins died at New York University Medical Center on September 8, 1981. |
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1982 |
(Unknown) County Standing Fast: The Autobiography Of Roy Wilkins (Pub: Viking ISBN: 0670142298 / 978-0670142293) Mr. Wilkins wrote his autobiography, "Standing Fast," in collaboration with Tom Mathews. |
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1981 |
Suffolk County Roy Wilkins was interred at Pinelawn Memorial Park in East Farmingdale, New York. |
