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- Roger Wilkins was born on March 25, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is known for Making Sense of the Sixties (1991), Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP (2014) and LBJ (1998). He was married to Patricia A. King, May Myers, Eve Tyler and Patricia King. He died on March 26, 2017 in Kensington, Maryland, USA.
- SpousesPatricia A. King(February 21, 1981 - March 26, 2017) (his death, 1 child)May Myers(April 4, 1977 - 1978) (divorced)Eve Tyler(January 16, 1956 - 1976) (divorced, 2 children)Patricia King(? - March 26, 2017) (his death, 1 child)
- Nephew of Roy Wilkins.
- He began his career as a welfare caseworker in Cleveland and a lawyer in New York City.
- He received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Michigan.
- He was a Justice Department official during the 1960s, and later wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials about the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. He was an assistant attorney general in the Johnson administration, and one of the first black editorial board members at The Washington Post and the New York Times.
- Survived by his wife Patricia A. King, a daughter Amy a son, David both from his first marriage and a daughter Elizabeth from his third marriage, two half-sisters Sharon Peters, and Judith Claytor, and two grandsons.
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