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Roy Wilkins — Part 8
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| “Column 1, “pace 6 ¢ of the July 2, 1950,
of > me Worker", an east coast Communist newspaper, / 2
contained an article ‘Captioned “N.A.A. Cc. P. _ceaders . ae
Dumped Rights of Negroes", ‘nis article stated that: |<<:
4t had been said that the 4lst Annual N.A.A.C.P.
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State Department since the 1949, "cI0 anti-Communist bee. oe a
in Cleveland...” .
; “Roy Wilkins, NLA. A.C.P., Administrator,” :
was “the main front man for the State Departgent a
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disastrous anti-Negro policies". The article:
went on to further pbuse> Wilkins for the manner*
in. which he conducted ention. - oe
vised that Roy Wilkins was
ecutive Secretary of the N.A.A.C.P.
this source
‘Communism for many years and that he was then ,
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; information that a letter was sent by Roy Wilkins, |
Executive Secretary, N.A.A.C.P. to local branches ~
-. of the N.A.A.C.P. According to the information furnished | ie;
_. by this source, Wilkins was also Chairman of a Leadership
he Conference on Civil Rights, a group of 51 national --:::
~.’. organizations which was sponsoring a National Delegate. .
Assembly for Civil Rights in Washington, D.C,, March | * sat
: 4-6, 1956, According to this source, Wilkins stated ©". :"<
that 4f the scheduled assembly were captured by leftcwing| 43
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