Roy Wilkins Wins Third Prize in Oratorical Contest.

Type of event: Afterwards

Location: Minnesota; United States

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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.