Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP

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Roy Wilkins Roy Wilkins The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP YVONNE RYAN Copyright © 2014 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com Frontispiece: Roy Wilkins (LBJ Library; photo by Yoichi Okamoto) 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ryan, Yvonne, 1961Roy Wilkins : the quiet revolutionary and the NAACP / Yvonne Ryan. pages cm. — (Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8131-4379-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8131-4381-1 (pdf) — ISBN 978-0-8131-4380-4 (epub) 1. Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981. 2. Civil rights movements—United States—History— 20th century. 3. African Americans—Civil rights—History—20th century. 4. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—Biography. 5. Civil rights workers—United States—Biography. 6. African American civil rights workers—Biography. I. Title. E185.97.W69R93 2013 323.092—dc23 [B] 2013029396 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses ...