Walter F. White: The Naacp's Ambassador for Racial Justice

by Ronald L. Lewis and Robert L. Zangrando

Walter F. White of Atlanta, Georgia, joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1918 as an assistant to Executive Secretary James Weldon Johnson. When Johnson retired in 1929, White replaced him as head of the NAACP, a position he maintained until his death in 1955. During his long tenure, White was in the vanguard of the struggle for interracial justice. His reputation went into decline, however, in the era of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946684627
• ISBN13: 9781946684622
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"