A man called White.
| Author/creator |
White, Walter, 1893-1955 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Viking Press, 1948. |
| Description | 382 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | I learn what I am -- A family in Atlanta -- A Jew is lynched -- Atlanta Negroes unite -- In which I "pass" -- I decline to be lynched -- I almost joined the Klan -- Jim Crow in Europe and Harlem -- A wife, a book, and a hospital -- A black tide flows northward -- Gilding the lily-white voice -- Villa sweet'um -- Al Smith and the Negro vote -- The man in the lily-white house -- The Civil War in Washington -- Jim Crow on a freight car -- Death of a citizen -- Ada Sipuel and others "similarly situated" -- Not content with preaching -- Handshake from a son -- Hugo Black and the NAACP -- Marian Anderson and the DAR -- Fighters wanted -- no Negroes -- Mother stops climbing stairs -- Wendell Willkie and the good fight -- The fifth estate -- Turn to the left at Detroit -- Harlem boils over -- "I seen them work" -- Good enough to unload ships -- Eyes on the Negro vote -- Purity in the Pacific -- Jim Crow in the South Pacific -- Cloudy tomorrow -- Freedom house-warming -- "Read and run" -- Johnny (Black) comes marching home -- The president is helpless -- Children grow up -- No road back to Atlanta -- All shadows are dark. |
| Abstract | First published in 1948, A Man Called White is the autobiography of the famous civil rights activist Walter White during his first thirty years of service to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. White joined the NAACP in 1918 and served as its executive secretary from 1931 until his death in 1955. His recollections tell not only of his personal life, but amount to an insider's history of the association's first decades. Although an African American, White was fair-skinned, blond-haired, and blue-eyed. His ability to pass as a white man allowed him-at great personal risk-to gather important information regarding lynchings, disfranchisement, and discrimination. Much of A Man Called White recounts his infiltration of the country's white-racist power structure and the numerous legal battles fought by the NAACP that were aided by his daring efforts. Penetrating and detailed, this autobiography provides an important account of crucial events in the development of race relations before 1950-from the trial of the "Scottsboro Boys" to an investigation of the treatment of African American servicemen in World War II, from the struggle against the all-white primaries in the South to court decisions-at all levels-on equal education. |
| LCCN | 48008621 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | E185.97.W6 A3 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |