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White, Walter Francis was born on July 1, 1893 in Atlanta. Son of George W. and Madeline (Harrison) White.
( First published in 1948, A Man Called White is the auto...)
First published in 1948, A Man Called White is the autobiography of the famous civil rights activist Walter White during his first thirty years of service to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. White joined the NAACP in 1918 and served as its executive secretary from 1931 until his death in 1955. His recollections tell not only of his personal life, but amount to an insider's history of the association's first decades. Although an African American, White was fair-skinned, blond-haired, and blue-eyed. His ability to pass as a white man allowed him--at great personal risk--to gather important information regarding lynchings, disfranchisement, and discrimination. Much of A Man Called White recounts his infiltration of the country's white-racist power structure and the numerous legal battles fought by the NAACP that were aided by his daring efforts. Penetrating and detailed, this autobiography provides an important account of crucial events in the development of race relations before 1950--from the trial of the "Scottsboro Boys" to an investigation of the treatment of African American servicemen in World War II, from the struggle against the all-white primaries in the South to court decisions--at all levels--on equal education.
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( Written by a lifelong champion of civil rights, this is...)
Written by a lifelong champion of civil rights, this is the story of Kenneth Harper, a young black physician who, after having studied in the North in the early part of the twentieth century and believing the days of oppression for blacks in the South were waning, returns to his hometown of Central City in South Georgia to practice medicine. Harper finds all too soon that the roots of intolerance grow deep. As he becomes increasingly aware of the ways in which the black community remains enslaved, Harper helps local sharecroppers organize a cooperative society to share in the economic freedom traditionally reserved for white landowners. The Ku Klux Klan is quickly rallied into action, and Harper finds himself in a violent and vengeful battle with the Klan. Amid the story's tragedy and violence, White reflects the complex nuances of humanity within white and black communities in conflict.
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White, Walter Francis was born on July 1, 1893 in Atlanta. Son of George W. and Madeline (Harrison) White.
Bachelor, Atlanta University, 1916. Doctor of Laws, Atlanta University, 1943. Doctor of Laws, Howard University, 1939.
Assistant secretary National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1918-1929, acting secretary, 1929-1930, secretary, from 1931. Delaware 2d Pan-African Congress, England, Belgium and France, 1921;appointed by President Roosevelt to Advisory Council for Government of Virgin Islands, resigned 1935. Member American Committee on Economic Policy.
Consultant to organizing conference of United Nations, 1945, to the United States delegation to United Nations General Assemply, paris, 1948. Member executive committee Nath. Health Assembly, 1948.
Member executive committee National Committee for Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency, 1947.
( Written by a lifelong champion of civil rights, this is...)
( First published in 1948, A Man Called White is the auto...)
Past member board visitors New York State Training School for Boys. Member Governor's Commission on Constitutional convention, New York, 1938. Member New York Mayor's Advisory Committee on Atomic Education, 1948.
Member Committee for Commemoration Golden Anniversary, New York. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Married Leah G. Powell, February 15, 1922 (divorced). Children: Jane, Walter Carl Darrow. Married Poppy Cannon, July 6, 1949.