NAACP Leader Following Johnson's retirement, White became the NAACP's acting executive secretary; he officially took over the position in 1931. He successfully prevented the confirmation of Judge John J. Parker, an avowed segregationist, to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, his attempt to institute...
The essential themes of Walter White's life and work were his will to be the preeminent Negro leader and determine the direction of the civil rights struggle, to counsel and influence presidents and other powerful pol...
You're one of our favorite characters. I don't want this lost on our readers and our viewers. The show is about a Black elementary school in Philly. You are a white woman, but you are not a punchline. You are not corny. You are a leader. You are Philly. You are raw. You are...
This essay investigates literary and autobiographical representations of the defense of Black-owned property in the face of anti-Black mob violence during the first decades of the twentieth century. In his autobiography, A Man Called White (1948), NAACP leader Walter White represents guns as ...
Walter White was the foremost spokesman for African Americans for almost a quarter of a century and executive secretary (1931–55) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He waged a long and ultimately successful campai