What is Roy Innis?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=Roy Innis |image=RoyInnisCirca1970.jpg |alt= |caption= Roy Innis, circa 1970 |birth_name=Roy Emile Alfredo Innis |birth_date={{birth date|1934|6|6}} |birth_place=[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Croix]], [[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islands]] |death_date={{death date and age|2017|1|8|1934|6|6}} |death_place=[[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_cause=[[Parkinson's disease]] |office1 = 4th National director of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] |term_start1 = 1968 |term_end1 = January 8, 2017 |predecessor1 = [[Wilfred Ussery]] |successor1 = TBD |occupation=[[Activist]] and [[politician]] |party=[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] (1998–present)<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (1986–1998) |children=Roy Innis, Jr. (deceased), Alexander Innis (deceased) Lydia Innis, Cedric Innis, Patricia Innis, Corinne Innis, Kwame Innis, [[Niger Innis]], Kimathi Innis, Mugabe Innis |website= }} '''Roy Emile Alfredo Innis''' (June 6, 1934 – January 8, 2017) was an [[United States|American]] [[Activism|activist]] and [[politician]]. He had been National Chairman of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE) since his election to the position in 1968. Innis died on January 8, 2017 in his apartment in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from complications of [[Parkinson's disease]], aged 82.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/roy-innis-obituary.html?_r=0|title=Roy Innis, Black Activist With a Right-Wing Bent, Dies at 82|first1=ROBERT D. |last1=McFADDEN|work=The New York Times}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Innis, Roy}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:American civil rights activists]] [[Category:Politicians from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}