Roslyn Pope Explained

Roslyn Pope
Birth Date:	29 October 1938
Death Place:	Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:	Civil rights activist, writer

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

She died on January 18, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Harry G. Lefever, Undaunted by the Fight: Spelman College and the Civil Rights Movement, 1957/1967. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2005; pg. 27.
2. Web site: Dr. Roslyn Pope. June 2018. Humanity in Action USA.
3. Web site: Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84. The Independent. Michael. Warren. 13 February 2023. 13 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230213183051/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-arlington-the-new-york-times-atlanta-spelman-college-b2281463.html. 13 February 2023.