BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In O
BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History
| Posted on March 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM |
Walter F. White
Walter F. White Was Named NAACP Executive Secretary On March 8, 1931 -- A Position He Held Until 1955.
Born July 1, 1893, In Atlanta, Georgia, White Joined The Organization In 1918, As Assistant Secretary Of The National Office In New York City. For Almost A Quarter Of A Century, He Was The Leading Voice Of Black America.
Living In New York During The Roaring Twenties, He Became One Of The Harlem Renaissance's Most Prolific Writers. Not Only Did He Contribute His Own Innovative Writings, He Also Used His Power And Influence To Promote Other Black Artists.
Two Of His Books Include Flight (1926) And The Autobiographical, A Man Called White (1948).
White Was Awarded The NAACP's Spingarn Medal In 1937, For His Investigations Of Lynchings And Race Riots And For His "Remarkable Tact, Skill and Persuasiveness" In Lobbying To Enact A Federal Anti-Lynching Bill.
During One Investigation In Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Light-Skinned White "Passed" So Successfully As A White Man, He Was Made Deputy Sheriff And Told,
"Now You Can Go Out And Shoot Any Nigger You See And The Law'll Be On Your Side."
Walter White Died March 21, 1955.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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