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Roy Wilkins — Part 9
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s. 3 sed wales are ¢ generally all white to schools which are generally all colored and vice ver
st was indicated tha: he also was involved in a similar type of school boycott in Bost
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~ With regard to the New York City riots last summer, ‘in an interview
over WCBS on 8-9-64, Wilkins urged a civilian review board made up of reputable a
cistinguished citizens ’to handle police matters. Wilkins believed that the Harlem ri
were due to the refusal of the police department to handle the shooting of "Powell" b
Lieutenant Gilligan in anything but a routine manner. Wilkins claimed that everyone
Hook com felt they had been done wrong in the Lieutenant Gilligan matter. Wilkins, oi
cHrse, was referring to the riots which were precipitated after the shooting of a
young colored hoodlum by a police lieutenant. (100-3-115-2150)
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The 11-29-64 issue of the "New York Times" indicated that 6 of the
“urainent American Negro leaders including such individuals as Roy Wilkins; Jame
a ‘msn of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; ; and
i -tiaey M. Young, Jdr., of the National Urban League, indicated to the Administrat
Td : thay favored a complete revision of the United States policy in Africa including
fy «> .gtthdrawal of support from Premier Moise Tshombe of the Congo. In a letter i
wi: 2 , resident they indicated that the "Mercenaries and other external forces,
:1.clading those of the United States, should disengage from all military commitment
weal such time as aid can be given in the context of requests from the Governments
~.2 Congo, acting in concert with the African Governments represented in the -
Organization of African Unity."' The remarks of these Negro leaders were drawn
from resolutions pa sed by the American Negro Leadership of Africa held in
September, 1964, in Washington. (105-116631)
The national officers of the NAACP are:
Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood, Chairman, Board of Directors
Arthur B. ‘Spingara, President.
Jesse H. Turner, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Previous Board member replacing Dr. Ulysses S. Wiggins as
Vice-Chairman)
Roy Wilkins, Executive Director (Title changed from Executive
Secretary) -
Alfred Baker Lewis, Treasurer
Dr. Barry J. Greene, Assistant Treasurer - . -
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