1. Roger Wood Wilkins was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, professor of history, and journalist who served as the 15th United States Assistant Attorney General under President Lyndon B Johnson from 1966 to 1969.
11 Facts About Roger Wilkins
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In 1965, President Lyndon B Johnson appointed Wilkins to be the administration's chief troubleshooter on urban racial issues; he later became assistant attorney general in the Johnson administration.
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Roger Wilkins was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on January 29,1932, and grew up in Michigan.
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Roger Wilkins was educated at Crispus Attucks Elementary School in Kansas City and Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Roger Wilkins was sworn in as Director of the federal Community Relations Service on Friday, February 4,1966, in a ceremony at The White House.
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Roger Wilkins left The Washington Post in 1974 to work for The New York Times as an editorial board member and opinion columnist.
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Roger Wilkins was the Robinson Professor of History and American Culture at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia from 1988 until his retirement in 2007, becoming one of the most eminent faculty members at the incipient institution.
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Roger Wilkins retained his position at the Institute for Policy Studies until 1992.
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Roger Wilkins was the publisher of the NAACP's journal, The Crisis.
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Roger Wilkins resided in Washington, DC, and was married to Patricia King, a legal scholar at Georgetown University.
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Roger Wilkins died on March 26,2017, in Kensington, Maryland, from complications of dementia.