Person Detail: Roy Wilkins

General Information:
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.
Author's Timeline:
1901		(Unknown) County Roy Wilkins was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, on August 30, 1901.
1951		Queens County Mr. Wilkins lived the last thirty years of his life at 147-15 Village Road, Parkway Village, Flushing, Queens, New York.
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.
1981		New York County Roy Wilkins died at New York University Medical Center on September 8, 1981.
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.
1981		Suffolk County Roy Wilkins was interred at Pinelawn Memorial Park in East Farmingdale, New York.