# 3501 - 2001 34c Black Heritage: Roy Wilkins
34¢ Roy Wilkins
Black Heritage
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Quantity: 200,000,000
Printed by: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine Die-Cut 11 ½ x 11 ¼
Color: Black, blue
Birth Of Roy Wilkins
Wilkins’ father had fled town before he was born because he had refused to yield the sidewalk to a white man and feared he’d be lynched. Wilkins’ mother died when he was four, after which relatives in St. Paul, Minnesota, raised him and his siblings.
While attending the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, he joined the NAACP, the organization he later headed as executive secretary and executive director for 22 years. Also while he was still a student, Wilkins worked as a journalist for The Minnesota Daily paper. Soon after, he became the editor of the African-American newspaper, The Appeal. After graduating with a degree in sociology in 1923, he became editor of The Call.
During his time with the NAACP, Wilkins testified before several Congressional hearings and advised five US Presidents: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. For his contributions to civil rights, he received the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 1964 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1967.
34¢ Roy Wilkins
Black Heritage
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Quantity: 200,000,000
Printed by: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine Die-Cut 11 ½ x 11 ¼
Color: Black, blue
Birth Of Roy Wilkins
Wilkins’ father had fled town before he was born because he had refused to yield the sidewalk to a white man and feared he’d be lynched. Wilkins’ mother died when he was four, after which relatives in St. Paul, Minnesota, raised him and his siblings.
While attending the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, he joined the NAACP, the organization he later headed as executive secretary and executive director for 22 years. Also while he was still a student, Wilkins worked as a journalist for The Minnesota Daily paper. Soon after, he became the editor of the African-American newspaper, The Appeal. After graduating with a degree in sociology in 1923, he became editor of The Call.
During his time with the NAACP, Wilkins testified before several Congressional hearings and advised five US Presidents: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. For his contributions to civil rights, he received the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 1964 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1967.