Roy Wilkins : the Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP.
Roy Wilkins (1901--1981) spent forty-six years of his life serving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and led the organization for more than twenty years. Under his leadership, the NAACP spearheaded efforts that contributed to landmark civil rights legislation, in...
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The University Press of Kentucky,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Family Firm; 2. Treading Water; 3. A Strategy for Freedom; 4. Politics and Protest; 5. All the Way with LBJ; Photo Illustrations; 6. A Crisis of Victory; 7. The Survivor; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
