Frank Wilkinson, who began his half century as a national civil liberties leader after being fired from his job as a Los Angeles Housing Authority official during the McCarthy era and was later imprisoned for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, died early this year. He was 91.

Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times Frank Wilkinson in 2003.

Wilkinson was the former longtime director of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, a civil liberties activist and lobby group.

The Library holds Frank's papers and will hold an event to honor him on Thursday, May 18.

More information about the event honoring Frank. More information about the housing exhibit drawing on materials from the Library's collection of Frank's papers

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