Walter White
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, African American History
Article abstract: As the chief administrator of the NAACP during many of its formative years, White helped pave the way for the monumental changes that advanced U.S. civil rights and race relations in the second half of the twentieth century.
Early Life
Walter White was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 1, 1893. In many ways, his youth differed from that of Atlanta’s other black children. One of seven children born into a religiously devout middle-class family, he apparently experienced few material hardships. His father, who worked as a mail carrier,...
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