ld make others chose a certain job over others, and then stick with it for so long. Wilkins said that racial violence during his college years made him decide to dedicate his life work to fighting discrimination. Even though the NAACP and other black rights groups became more militant in the 1970's, he was determined to use the constitution to gain rights for blacks in American society. Wilkins felt that Black Power meant opposition to all other ethnic powers, and that all other ethnic powers were now rivals in a war that would cause violent racial clashes and wars. Roy Wilkins was a very active man. Besides his involvement in the NAACP, he also made time to be a member of many, many, worthwhile organizations, across the country. There are really too many to name them all, but here are a few. He was a trustee of the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation and chairman, of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of many other organizations. Some include: Riverdale Childrens Association, Stockbridge School, and Peace with Freedom. Over all, Roy Wilkins dedicated his time and efforts to organizations that helped people gain their civil rights and also help to better their lives. His philosophies were quite different from other blacks of the time. To me it seems that he worded his beliefs in a way as not to offend anyone, other than the radicals, which are offended by almost everything, but at the same time making strides to equal rights for all, no matter what color they were. One of the ways that he did this was to institute policies to gain rights for blacks without alienating the white power structure. Basically trying to gain rights without upsetting the whites that were in power. Wilkins spent his entire working life fighting segregation, which is why he disliked the idea of the formation of all black facilities. He felt it would be a return ...
