Walter White: Mr. NAACP

by Kenneth Robert Janken

Walter White (1893-1955) was among the nation's preeminent champions of civil rights. With blond hair and blue eyes, he could "pass" as white even though he identified as African American, and his physical appearance allowed him to go undercover to investigate more than 40 lynchings and race riots in the years following World War I. As executive secretary of the NAACP from 1931 until his death in 1955, White promoted the Harlem Renaissance and led...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857807
• ISBN13: 9780807857809
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"