Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP by Ryan, Yvonne

Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813143798)

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Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP by Ryan, Yvonne

Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP

$60.00
Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP by Ryan, Yvonne

Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP

$60.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 analy

Author: Yvonne Ryan
ISBN-10: 0813143799
ISBN-13: 9780813143798
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2013
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2013 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 10/28/2013
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013
Choice 06/01/2014
By Yvonne Ryan
By Yvonne Ryan
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Yvonne Ryan is managing editor of the Economist's annual World In publication. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the Institute of the Americas, University of London, and a Ph.D. from Leiden University.

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