Roy Wilkins
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![Roy Wilkins as the Executive Secretary of the NAACP in 1963.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Roy_Wilkins_during_an_interview,_April_5,_19635601.jpg")
![Wilkins (right) with Sammy Davis, Jr. (left) and a reporter at the 1963. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Davis_Wilkins_Civil_Rights_March_19635602.jpg")
Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).