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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. Wilkins' most notable role was...
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    Roy Wilkins Auditorium (nicknamed The Roy) is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in St. Paul, Minnesota. Designed by the renowned municipal architect Clarence...
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    Roy Wilkins Park, originally known as Southern Queens Park, is a 54-acre (22 ha) park in the St. Albans neighborhood of southeastern Queens in New York...
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    leaders including Adam Clayton Powell, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins. Mahalia Jackson performed. The 1963 march was part of the rapidly expanding...
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  • brands. Bowers & Wilkins began as a radio and electronics shop in Worthing. It was started after World War II by John Bowers & Roy Wilkins, who had met while...
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    Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations...
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  • respects. Among them were Martin Luther King Jr., NAACP executive director Roy Wilkins, Congress on Racial Equality national leader James Farmer, Michigan lieutenant...
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  • years, leaders of the organization have included Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins. Its mission in the 21st century is "to ensure the political, educational...
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    assistant attorney general under the Johnson administration. Wilkins' uncle, Roy Wilkins, was the former executive director of the National Association...
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    the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, and shares a single indoor access area with the RiverCentre and Roy Wilkins Auditorium...
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  • Roy Wilkins was a highly respected senior official of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and in 1980 the Association created...
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  • Canada Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Glover Wilkins Lock, a lock in Mississippi Roy Wilkins Auditorium, an arena in Minnesota Wilkins Mill...
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    being neutralized by the NAACP. In response, NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins characterized the incident as a lynching and said that Mississippi was...
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    Roy Lee Wilkins (December 26, 1933 – October 4, 2002) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams...
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  • Roy Wilkins (18 April 1892 – 17 July 1965) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania between 1925 and 1926. List of...
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  • college basketball coach Roy Williamson (1936–1990), Scottish folk singer Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), civil rights activist Roy Wood (born 1946), English...
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    Primary and Extended Care Facility. A portion of the hospital site became Roy Wilkins Park in the 1980s. Within St. Albans is the small western enclave of...
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    Johnson gave birth to their son, Fred Hampton Jr. Civil rights activists Roy Wilkins and Ramsey Clark, styled as "The Commission of Inquiry into the Black...
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  • such as Ella Baker and James Forman, and opposed by others, such as Roy Wilkins (the national NAACP chairman) and Martin Luther King Jr. In 1961, Maya...
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  • demolished in 1998. It once sat near the Ordway Music Theater and the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. The Xcel Energy Center was built on the former site of the...
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    support, NAACP chairman Roy Wilkins did not want Rustin to receive any public credit for his role in planning the march. Roy Wilkins said, "This march is...
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    had strong reservations. He often held pro-and-con discussions with Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP.[citation needed] Johnson wanted a strong...
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    Cleveland Robinson, A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins; (standing L-R) Mathew Ahmann, Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Eugene Carson...
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    Four civil rights leaders in the 1960s, together with King, NAACP chief Roy Wilkins and Urban League head Whitney Young." James L. Farmer Jr. was born in...
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    of Marcus Garvey; he learned to display a skillful verbal dexterity. Roy Wilkins, his successor at the NAACP, said, "White was one of the best talkers...
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    Arena Symphony Hall Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Taylor Arena Roy Wilkins Auditorium Target Center Huntington Bank Stadium US Bank Stadium Xcel...
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    Thomas Pridgen playing at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 21, 2008...
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    Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on October 1, 2000 from the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Before the show aired live on pay-per-view...
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    producer The One and Only Dick Gregory Himself Documentary 2022 Amsterdam Milton King 2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Cat Rubble Voice Rustin Roy Wilkins...
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