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.Harry G. Lefever, Undaunted by the Fight: Spelman College and the Civil Rights Movement, 1957/1967. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2005; pg. 27. 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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