Roy Wilkins Wins Third Prize in Oratorical Contest.
Type of event: Afterwards
Location: Minnesota; United States
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Document type: Newspaper(s)
Documents: Roy Wilkins Wins Third Prize in Oratorical Contest.
Citation:
Northwestern Bulletin, April 15, 1922, page 1.
“Roy Wilkins Wins Third Prize in Oratorical Contest”
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Roy Wilkins Wins
Third Price
in
Oratorical Contest
Roy Wilkins, junior student at the University of Minnesota won third
prices of $25 in the annual Pillsbury Oratorical contest held at the university
on Thursday night. Mr. Wilkin’s speech was on the lynching evil. Mr.
Charles Sawyer won second prize of $50 with a speech on Sovereignty vs
International Law, and Sidney Benson won first prize of $100 with an oration on
Soviet Russian.