# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-wilkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:08:41.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-wilkins"
name: "Roy Wilkins"
slug: "roy-wilkins"
description: "Roy Ottoway Wilkins was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins's most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and Executive Director from 1964 to 1977. Wilkins was a central figure in many notable marches of the civil rights movement and made contributions to African-American literature. He controversially advocated for African Americans to join the military."
tagline: "African-American NAACP leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Wilkins_at_the_White_House%2C_30_April%2C_1968.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1901-08-30"
deathDate: "1981-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.39198266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Roy Wilkins"
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    title: "Roy Wilkins"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump