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Roy Innis disdained desegregation efforts. In 1972, he discussed his opposition to busing at a news conference.
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Roy Innis
Died on January 8, 2017 at age 82
Mr. Innis, the leader of Congress of Racial Equality, took a go-it-alone approach to black empowerment that had no use for desegregation and affirmative action and put him at odds with black Americans and many civil rights leaders.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.