Roy Innis, From Black Nationalist To Black Republican, Dies At 82

Roy Innis, longtime leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 82.
The New York Times reports that the cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Innis, once known as a fiery Black Power nationalist shifted in his later years to a conservative Republican, who supported Clarence Thomas’ nomination to the Supreme Court.
Source: Jemal Countess / GettyThe Times reports that Innis came to “prominence “after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Ki