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Journalist and civil rights leader, Roy Wilkins, who served as the executive director of the NAACP, was born in 1901 in St. Paul, MN.

Today In Black America: 05.21.09

With Brette Dawson

POSTED: May 21, 2009, 7:58 pm

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A recap of the top stories impacting Black America on May 21, 2009.

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