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Roy Wilkins — Part 9

24 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Nov 27, 1964 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Roy Wilkins · 24 pages OCR'd
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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 = 2 G57-4-5 ~23, 21; 13474 84-64, 56; 147-6-34-A (WCNS); 100~3-116-1546; 100- ~442529~: He “ Civiliax - Review Boards: eet. . oma ~ 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) t 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 - . - e
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