TY - BOOK ID - 118488602 TI - Roy Wilkins : The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP AU - Ryan, Yvonne AU - United States. PY - 2014 SN - 0813144469 0813143810 PB - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - African American civil rights workers KW - Civil rights workers KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights movements KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - Wilkins, Roy, KW - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People KW - NAACP (Organization) KW - N.A.A.C.P. (Organization) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118488602 AB - Roy Wilkins (1901--1981) spent forty-six years of his life serving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and led the organization for more than twenty years. Under his leadership, the NAACP spearheaded efforts that contributed to landmark civil rights legislation, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.In Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP, Yvonne Ryan offers the first biography of this influential activist, as well as an analysis of his significant contributions to civil rights in America. While activists in Alabama ER -