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But opportunity is society's only obligation, and the Negro has to reach out and seize it. The much-lamented dropout may indeed lack a "father image" of manly zeal, but in leaving school he makes his unwise choice against the advice of his teachers and the clear facts...
Talking like a Dutch uncle even at the risk of suffering the cruel label of Uncle Tom, used by many Negroes to avoid thinking about the merits of moderation, Wilkins boldly argues that the Negroes' goal is to "rank at last as men among the world's men...
N.A.A.C.P.'s Roy Wilkins, Louisville, 1963: "The Negro citizen does not subscribe to violence as a method of securing his rights. But he has come to the point where he is not afraid of violence. He no longer shrinks back. He will assert himself, and if violence comes, so...
The first Negro to attain so many high public offices, Rowan, 39, will now become the top Negro syndicated columnist. While such civil rights leaders as Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young Jr. write columns largely on racial topics, Rowan will comment on the news in general for the Chicago Daily...
N.A.A.C.P. Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins, just back from a national convention in Denver, appeared on television to put the question in another perspective. As far as the N.A.A.C.P. is concerned, he said, "we think we have enough Viet Nam in Alabama to occupy our attention. I do feel that when...