Walter F. White : The NAACP's Ambassador for Racial Justice /

"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 deat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zangrando, Robert L. (Autor), Lewis, Ronald L., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
White, Walter, > 1893-1955.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > Biography.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American civil rights workers.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Atlanta days
  • Back to the South and up to the Hill: the antilynching campaign
  • Pan-Africanism and the Harlem Renaissance
  • The challenges of leadership
  • Legal battles and Walter White's triumph
  • On Haiti's behalf
  • Race and class: the Harris challenge
  • A renewed antilynching campaign
  • At the top of his game
  • Bargaining with a president
  • Confronting Hollywood
  • Fighting for jobs and ballots
  • Wartime challenges
  • Overseas in wartime
  • A world awaiting
  • Postwar violence and an extraordinary presidential committee
  • Poppy
  • A pivotal year
  • The election of Truman, 1948
  • A final breach with Du Bois
  • To Paris and Berlin
  • Months of stress and tension
  • "Active when absent"
  • Conservative revival in the troubled fifties
  • A global advocacy
  • Diminished final years.

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