J. Ernest Wilkins Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJ. Ernest Wilkins Sr.
American assistant secretary of labor
Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1894
Place of Birth: Farmington, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 19-Jan-1959
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About J. Ernest Wilkins Sr.
- Jesse Ernest Wilkins Sr.
- (February 1, 1894 – January 19, 1959) was a U.S.
- lawyer, labor leader, undersecretary in the Eisenhower administration and both the first African-American to be appointed to a sub-cabinet position in the United States Government and the first to attend White House cabinet-level meetings.After a public falling-out with the president and his administration, Wilkins was dismissed from his post by Eisenhower, and then went on to join the U.S.
- Civil Rights Commission in 1958.
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