Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

Authoritative Name:
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Biography:
"As executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1955 to 1977, Roy Wilkins collaborated with Martin Luther King on many of the major campaigns of the civil rights movement. Although Wilkins favored a legal approach to achieving racial equality over King's nonviolent direct action campaigns, the two leaders recognized that both methods were critical to advancing the civil rights cause."--"Wilkins, Roy Ottaway (1901-1981)" King Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 11, 2008: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/.
Associated Subjects:
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981--Correspondence
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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A. Philip Randolph Institute, correspondence, 1972-1974

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Hill, Norman, 1933-
Moore, James
McGlotten, Robert M., 1938-2016
Culpepper, James
A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund
Hobby, Wilbur, 1925-1992
Date of Original:
1972/1974
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, correspondence, 1963-1971

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Hoehler, Fred K., Jr.
Main Lafrentz & Co.
Goldfinger, Nathaniel
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Schnitzler, William F., 1904-1983
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Collins, LeRoy
Taylor, William L.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Date of Original:
1963/1971
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Don Slaiman [Executive Director], correspondence, 1969

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Date of Original:
1969
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Mississippi Woodcutters strike, correspondence, 1971-1972

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association
Date of Original:
1971/1972
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Walter Debnam interview with Roy Wilkins

Creator:
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Debnam, W. E. (Waldemar Eros), 1898-1968
Date of Original:
1955-01-07
Collection:
African American History
Contributing Institution:
J.Y. Joyner Library

Clarence Norris, the last surviving defendant from the "Scottsboro Boys" trials, at a press conference in Montgomery, Alabama, after he was officially pardoned by Governor George Wallace.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1976-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Clarence Norris, the last surviving defendant from the "Scottsboro Boys" trials, at a press conference in Montgomery, Alabama, after he was officially pardoned by Governor George Wallace.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1976-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Clarence Norris, the last surviving defendant from the "Scottsboro Boys" trials, at a press conference in Montgomery, Alabama, after he was officially pardoned by Governor George Wallace.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1976-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

H. Claud Hudson, Roy Wilkins, John Nixon, and A. G. Gaston at an NAACP event in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Paravicini, Haywood
Date of Original:
1965-09
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Roy Wilkins arriving at the airport in Mobile, Alabama.

Creator:
Hamby, Dave
Date of Original:
1976-06-16
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Roy Wilkins on the last day of the Selma to Montgomery March, possible at the City of St. Jude campsite in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Martin, Spider
Date of Original:
1965-03-25
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth, December 6, 1997

Creator:
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Date of Original:
1997-12-06
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Letter from Anonymous Citizen to Judge Bryan Simpson - IV

Date of Original:
1964-06
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Racial and Civil Disorders in St. Augustine : Report of the Legislative Investigation Committee

Creator:
Mitchell, Richard O.
Stallings, George B.
Jones, Leo C
Young, C.W.
Owens, William E
Legislative Investigation Committee
Date of Original:
1965-02
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Racial and Civil Disorders in St. Augustine : Report of the Legislative Investigation Committee : Appendix 02

Creator:
Fullerwood, Fannie
Hawthorne, Eliza
Date of Original:
1963-06-24
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Robert Hayling : Video Interview

Creator:
Young, Andrew
Date of Original:
1900/2022
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Robert Hayling : Video Interview

Creator:
Young, Andrew
Date of Original:
1900/2022
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

The Heroic Stories of the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Whose Brave Struggle Helped Pass the Civil Right Act of 1964

Creator:
St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Rememberance Project
Date of Original:
2011-05-14
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Roy Wilkins

Creator:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:
1937/1968
Collection:
FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
Contributing Institution:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dr. Robert W. Saunders, Sr. / interviewed by Canter Brown

Creator:
Saunders, Robert W. (Robert William), 1921-
Date of Original:
2002
Collection:
Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:
University of South Florida. Tampa Library

Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office-- Reports from Madison, Miss., 1964, January-1965, November (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 8, Folder 7)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, May 1964-August 1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 16, Folder 11)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Convention challenge - Memoranda and diary, 1964 June-Oct. (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 39)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Roy Wilkins

Creator:
Alabama. Department of Public Safety
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Annual Report, December 5, 1965 - December 2, 1966, South Carolina Conference of Branches, NAACP

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1966-12-02
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Annual Report, December 7, 1961, South Carolina Conference of Branches, NAACP

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1961-12-07
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Annual Report, South Carolina Conference of Branches, NAACP, 1964

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Annual Report, [1965], NAACP in South Carolina

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Field Secretary's Itenerary and Schedule, June 4 - August 12, 1962

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1962-08-12
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Letter, June 4, 1963, I. D. Newman to Gloster B. Current

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1963-06-04
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
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November 2-8, 1968--outtakes

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1968-11-02
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Roy Wilkins speaks in aftermath of Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1968-02-25
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

3-1 James C. Newcomb

Creator:
Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:
1967-09-07
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

4 Telegram to Roy Wilkins, 1967 September 12

Creator:
Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:
1967-09-12
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Kerner Commission members press conference, August 29 1967 (partial)

Creator:
WTMJ-TV
Date of Original:
1967-08-29
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008

Creator:
Rozga, Margaret
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
NAACP Youth Council Commandos
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date of Original:
2008-08-19
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008, part II

Creator:
Rozga, Margaret
Date of Original:
2008-08-19
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections

Letter to Roy Wilkins, February 6, 1956

Creator:
Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
Date of Original:
1956-02-06
Collection:
Modjeska Monteith Simkins: In Her Own Words
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Letter to Roy Wilkins, March 24, 1958

Creator:
Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
Date of Original:
1958-03-24
Collection:
Modjeska Monteith Simkins: In Her Own Words
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Seymour Samet letter to Roy Wilkinson, June 28, 1974

Creator:
Samet, Seymour, 1919-2014
Date of Original:
1974
Collection:
Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1964-07-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1965-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1957-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-05-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1963-10-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1963-11-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries
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Roy Wilkins at South Carolina State College

Creator:
Taylor, Richard
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1968-02-25
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

Roy Wilkins at South Carolina State College

Creator:
Taylor, Richard
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1968-02-25
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

Roy Wilkins, M. D. McCollom and Isaac Williams

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Flashnick, Bruce
Date of Original:
1977-04-30
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen comments on desire to progress in Atlanta's race relations. Unidentified white male comments on black voting. (No date)

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1948/1981
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

N.A.A.C.P. PRESIDENT, ROY WILKINS, ON THE DEATH OF MEDGAR EVERS (NO DATE)

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1956/1980
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

N.A.A.C.P.'S ROY WILKINS CRITICIZES KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT MOVING QUICKER AGAINST SEGREGATION (1961)

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1961
1961-01-01
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

N.A.A.C.P., ROY WILKINS, SAYS WE MUST HAVE EFFECTIVE DESEGREGATION OF U.S. SCHOOLS

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963-05-19
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

ROY WILKINS TESTIFIES AT SENATE HEARING ON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR BLACKS

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963-07-23
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meeting with president John F. Kennedy at the White House, Washington, D.C., 1963 August 28

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963-08-28
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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March on Washington flyers

Creator:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date of Original:
1950/1963
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)