August 30th is Roy Wilkins Day!!!"Born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, Missouri, Roy Wilkins worked as a journalist/activist before becoming involved with the NAACP, succeeding Walter White as its leader in the 1950s. Wilkins was a major figure of the Civil Rights Movement and was involved in an array of key events, including the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the March on Washington. He died on September 8, 1981." Thank you Mr. Wilkins for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Roy Wilkins. :-)
http://www.biography.com/people/roy-wilkins-9531564
"The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success." - Roy Wilkins
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