Roy Wilkins Professions : Activist Born : August 30, 1901 Died : September 9, 1981 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Roy Wilkins The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success. Roy Wilkins disappointment success sweet President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now. Roy Wilkins rights men war Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education. Roy Wilkins ornery fighting should Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular. Roy Wilkins smart rage anger Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back Roy Wilkins black-history civil-rights way Nothing is more important than a good education. Roy Wilkins good-education importance important It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children. Roy Wilkins supremacy white children . . . first in myth, later in reality, passion and violence watered my root soil. Roy Wilkins passion roots reality Similar Authors Brooke Axtell activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali activist Assata Shakur activist Arun Manilal Gandhi activist Arthur Hertzberg activist Arlene Holt Baker activist All Authors
