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Roy Wilkins: The Right to Dignity

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National Archives and Records Administration Roy Wilkins: The Right to Dignity U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 2546045 / Local Identifier 306.289. This moving image reviews the career of Black activist Roy Wilkins with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP.). It outlines the growth and impact of the organization, including its role in the 1954 Brown v. the Board of Education ruling by the Supreme Court and the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s. Made possible by a donation from Greg Grossmeier.

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