Roger Wilkins, the Glossary

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1. 61 relations: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Bachelor of Arts, Beacon Press, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Civil and political rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Columbia University, Community Relations Service, Dementia, Democratic Party (United States), Elizabeth Wilkins, Fairfax, Virginia, Ford Foundation, Fred R. Harris, George Mason University, Georgetown University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Herblock, Institute for Policy Studies, Janet Cooke, Journalist, Juris Doctor, Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City, Missouri, Kensington, Maryland, Lawyer, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, NAACP, NPR, Ohio, Order of Angell, Pantheon Books, Patricia A. King, Philip L. Geyelin, Political cartoon, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Racial discrimination, Richard Nixon, Roy Wilkins, Simon & Schuster, Supreme Court of the United States, The Crisis, The New York Times, ... Expand index (11 more) »

2. Historians from Missouri

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Beacon Press

Beacon Press is an American left-wing non-profit book publisher.

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Bob Woodward

Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. Roger Wilkins and Bob Woodward are American newspaper reporters and correspondents.

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Carl Bernstein

Carl Milton Bernstein (born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. Roger Wilkins and Carl Bernstein are American male biographers, American memoirists and American newspaper reporters and correspondents.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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The Community Relations Service (CRS) is part of the United States Department of Justice.

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Dementia

Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

Elizabeth Wood Claytor Wilkins (born) is an American lawyer serving as the director of the office of policy planning at the Federal Trade Commission.

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Fairfax, Virginia

Fairfax, Virginia, formally the City of Fairfax, and colloquially known as Fairfax City, Downtown Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax, Fairfax Courthouse, FFX, and Fairfax, is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States.

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Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare.

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Fred R. Harris

Fred Roy Harris (born November 13, 1930) is an American retired politician from Oklahoma who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1964 to 1973.

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George Mason University

George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.

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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States.

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Herblock

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October13, 1909October7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.

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Institute for Policy Studies

The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is an American progressive think tank started in 1963 and based in Washington, D.C. It was directed by John Cavanagh from 1998 to 2021.

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Janet Cooke

Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is an American former journalist.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.

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Juris Doctor

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law.

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Kansas City Public Schools

Kansas City 33 School District, operating as Kansas City Public Schools or KCPS (formerly Kansas City, Missouri School District, or KCMSD), is a school district headquartered at 2901 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area.

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Kensington, Maryland

Kensington is a U.S. town in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Roger Wilkins and Lyndon B. Johnson are Activists for African-American civil rights.

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Mabel Walker Willebrandt

Mabel Walker Willebrandt (May 23, 1889 – April 6, 1963), popularly known to her contemporaries as the First Lady of Law, was an American lawyer who served as the United States Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1929, handling cases concerning violations of the Volstead Act, federal taxation, and the Bureau of Federal Prisons during the Prohibition era. Roger Wilkins and Mabel Walker Willebrandt are United States Assistant Attorneys General.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Missouri

Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Order of Angell

The Order of Angell, known for decades as Michigamua, was a senior honorary society recognizing student leaders and outstanding athletes at the University of Michigan.

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Pantheon Books

Pantheon Books is an American book publishing imprint.

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Patricia A. King

Patricia A. King (born June 12, 1942) is a professor of law emeritus at Georgetown University Law Center and an adjunct professor in the School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Roger Wilkins and Patricia A. King are 20th-century African-American lawyers.

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Philip L. Geyelin

Philip L. Geyelin (1923–2004) was an American journalist and author.

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Political cartoon

A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes are two dozen annual awards given by Columbia University in New York for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters." They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.

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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Journalism.

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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism.

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Racial discrimination

Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their race, ancestry, ethnicity, and/or skin color and hair texture.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Roy Wilkins

Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The Crisis

The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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The Washington Star

The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., between 1852 and 1981.

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Thurgood Marshall

Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. Roger Wilkins and Thurgood Marshall are 20th-century African-American lawyers and Activists for African-American civil rights.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Assistant Attorney General

Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general. Roger Wilkins and United States Assistant Attorney General are United States Assistant Attorneys General.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.

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Wesley Pomeroy

Wesley A.C. Pomeroy (January 1, 1920 – May 4, 1998) was an American lawyer, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, federal coordinator for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, assistant director of the DEA, and founding member of various humanitarian and policy-making organizations. Roger Wilkins and Wesley Pomeroy are United States Assistant Attorneys General.

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William Raspberry

William Raspberry (October 12, 1935 – July 17, 2012) was an American syndicated public affairs columnist.

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See also

Historians from Missouri

• Charles van Ravenswaay
• Colleen Darnell
• Darlene Clark Hine
• Delmer Brown
• Farrell Dobbs
• Francille Wilson
• Frank Luther Mott
• Henry Theophilus Finck
• James Fulton Zimmerman
• James Tracy (historian)
• John Miles Foley
• Lewis Eldon Atherton
• Lorenzo Greene
• Madeline Y. Hsu
• Michael Wallis
• Phillip Hamilton
• Richard Miller (author)
• Richard Rhodes
• Roger Wilkins
• Thomas Bailey Marquis
• W. Sherman Savage
• William Howard Adams

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Wilkins

, The Washington Post, The Washington Star, Thurgood Marshall, United States, United States Assistant Attorney General, University of Michigan, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Washington, D.C., Watergate scandal, Wesley Pomeroy, William Raspberry.