About Roslyn Pope
Lived 1938 – 2023 (aged 84). Roslyn Pope was an American civil rights advocate, academic and university teacher.
Roslyn Pope (October 29, 1938 – January 18, 2023) was an American civil rights activist and academic. Pope is best remembered as an author of An Appeal for Human Rights while the president of the student government at Spelman College during the 1960 Atlanta Student Movement. The Appeal was first published as a paid advertisement in the Atlanta Constitution in March 1960. Pope received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Spelman College in 2013 for her years of service as a civil rights activist and educator.
She died on January 18, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.
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civil Rights Activist (1938–2023)
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Roslyn Pope was born on 29 October 1938.
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Roslyn Pope died on 19 January 2023 in Arlington.
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Roslyn Pope was a civil rights advocate, academic and university teacher.
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