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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 was founded on February 12, 1909, by a larger group including African Americans W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Mary Church Terrell, and the previously named whites Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling (the wealthy Socialist son of a former slave-holding family), [26] [27] Florence Kelley, a ...
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 claim that Tyler had fathered multiple children with slaves was largely ignored by 19th-century historians. In addition to the Dunjees, the Brown family of Charles City County claims descent from Tyler by an enslaved concubine. Biographer Edward P. Crapol states that Tyler's white descendants are skeptical of claims by the Browns. However ...
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. [1] [2] Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and Executive Director from 1964 to 1977. [2]
Walter Francis White: 1895 1955 United States: NAACP executive secretary Maria L. de Hernández: 1896 1986 United States: Mexican-American rights activist Thích Quảng Đức: 1897 1963 South Vietnam: monk, freedom of religion self-martyr Albert Lutuli: 1898 1967 South Africa
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
Harris, Jacqueline L. History and achievement of the NAACP (the African American experience). (ISBN 9780531110355). Janken, Kenneth Robert. White: the biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP. (ISBN 9781565847736). Vose, Clement E. Caucasians only: the Supreme Court, the NAACP, and the restrictive covenant cases. (ISBN 9780520013087).