Roy Wilkins believed the civil rights movement should be done without any violence. He generally did not like protests. Instead, he encouraged working with President Lyndon B. Johnson in order to strengthen new civil rights legislations. However, the black movement favored military and radicalism in 1966 as the influence of the "
Black Power" movement, which involved militancy in the movement for civil rights. Wilkins strongly opposed to the black power movement, because he thought using violence to make changes in the political system was unacceptable. Wilkins was determined to change the society of America, but he also tried to spread words about the importance of remaining peaceful.
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Smith, Robert C. "Wilkins, Roy." Encyclopedia of African-American Politics. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003. African-American History Online. Facts on File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE01&iPin=EAAP0447&SingleRecord=True. 1 June 2012
"NAACP History: Roy Wilkins" National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 31 May 2012.
"Roy Wilkins - The Man." The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium, 2005. 31 May 2012.
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