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Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955) was an American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter of a century, from 1929 until 1955.
The NAACP Comes of Age: The Defeat of Judge John J. Parker. Hughes, Langston (1962). Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP. Janken, Kenneth Robert. White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP. New York: The New Press, 2003. Jonas, Gilbert S. Freedom's Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle against Racism in America, 1909–1969. London ...
The NAACP sent its Field Secretary, Walter F. White, from New York City to Elaine in October 1919 to investigate events. White was of mixed, majority-European ancestry; blond and blue-eyed, he could pass for white. He was granted credentials from the Chicago Daily News.
Walter F. White, an investigator for the NAACP, was told by mob participants that the bodies of the men were riddled with more than 700 bullets. [10] Julius Jones was also captured and lynched near Barney. [1] Chime Riley was a black man at first rumored to have left Brooks County. He was found to have been lynched, although he had no known ...
The National Negro Committee (formed: New York City, May 31 and June 1, 1909 – ceased: New York City, May 12, 1910) was created in response to the Springfield race riot of 1908 against the black community in Springfield, Illinois.
Walter L. White (1919–2007), American politician in the Ohio Senate Walter W. White (1862–1952), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Walter White (Tennessee politician) (1881–1951), American politician in the Tennessee General Assembly
Walter White (1893–1955) was an American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter of a century, from 1929 until his death. He directed a broad program of legal challenges to racial segregation and disfranchisement. Under his leadership, the NAACP oversaw the plans and ...
Walter White of the NAACP arrived in Orange County a few days after the riot to investigate events. He was traveling undercover as a white northerner interested in buying orange grove property in the county. [24] He found that the whites there were "still giddy with victory."