NAACP Leader Roy Wilkins Broadside -1960s

Wilkins, Roy

Broadside

NAACP Executive Director, Roy Wilkins broadside. 1969. Afro-Am Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill. Excerpts taken from Bardolph, Richard. The Negro Vanguard. New York, Vintage Edition, 1961, pp. 306, 332-333. Ebony May, 1965, pp. 134-138. Measures 14" x 11". Large portrait illustration and brief biography of civil rights activist and NAACP leader, Roy Wilkins, who joined as an executive secretary in 1931, starting his long journey in the defense of African American rights until his death in 1981. In 1955, Wilkins took over as the NAACP’s director and implemented a strategy designed to get all three branches of the federal government actively working to advance civil rights. In 1963, he helped organize the historic March on Washington and participated in marches in Selma, and Jackson. As director, he lead victories including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which we see stated towards the end of this biography listed amidst other accomplishments. In 1969, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson for his work in civil rights. In the same year, this piece was published in his honor. Overall in very good condition with very minor bending and fading to corners.

Item #18553

Price: $325.00