Walter F. White: The NAACP's Ambassador for Racial Justice Hardcover - 2019
by Ronald L. Lewis; Zangrando Robert L.
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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 grassroots activism that followed his death. White's disagreements with the US Left, and his ambiguous racial background--he was of mixed heritage, could "pass" as white, and divorced a black woman to marry a white woman--fueled ambivalence about his legacy.
In this comprehensive biography, Zangrando and Lewis seek to provide a reassessment of White within the context of his own time, revising critical interpretations of his career. White was a promoter of and a participant in the Harlem Renaissance, a daily fixture in the halls of Congress lobbying for civil rights legislation, and a powerful figure with access to the administrations of Roosevelt (via Eleanor) and Truman. As executive secretary of the NAACP, White fought incessantly to desegregate the American military and pushed to ensure equal employment opportunities. On the international stage, White advocated for people of color in a decolonized world, and for economic development aid to nations like India and Haiti, bridging the civil rights struggles at home and abroad.
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- Title Walter F. White: The NAACP's Ambassador for Racial Justice
- Author Ronald L. Lewis; Zangrando Robert L.
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 468
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Center for Democracy/Citizenship Educ
- Date 2019-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
- ISBN 9781946684622 / 1946684627
- Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - History -, African American civil rights workers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018025531
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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