Wilkins was, arguably, one of the most preeminent professors in residence at that time. Wilkins was also the publisher of the NAACP's journal, The Crisis, and was the nephew of Roy Wilkins, a past executive director of the NAACP. Wilkins resided in Washington, D.C., and was married to Patricia King, Professor of Law at Georgetown University. Wilkins died on March 26, 2017, in Kensington, Maryland from complications of dementia. He was 85. Bibliography A Man's Life: An Autobiography. 1982, reprinted 1991. New York: Simon & Schuster. . Quiet Riots: Race and Poverty in the United States. Edited by Wilkins and Fred Harris. 1998. New York: Pantheon Books. . Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism. 2001. Boston: Beacon Press. . References External links Booknotes interview with Wilkins on Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism, August 12, 2001. Tell Me More interview aired Feb 17, 2011 Roger Wilkins Papers at George Mason University 1989 Roger Wilkins interview on racism in the U.S. 1932 births 2017 deaths Ohio lawyers African-American historians 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Historians of the United States American newspaper reporters and correspondents American broadcast news analysts American radio journalists United States Assistant Attorneys General African-American memoirists Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel University of Michigan alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni George Mason University faculty Pulitzer Prize winners American memoirists Journalists from Missouri Journalists from Michigan Historians from Missouri Historians from Michigan Activists for African-American civil rights 20th-century American lawyers American autobiographers African-American lawyers American male biographers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Writers from Kansas City, Missouri