- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Walter White
- Date of Original:
- 1893/1955
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American authors--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- White, Walter, 1893-1955
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Walter White, a prominent civil rights activist in Atlanta during the first half of the twentieth century, became the executive secretary of the NAACP in 1931 and served in that position until his death in 1955. In 1948 White published a memoir, A Man Called White, which details his family's experience of the 1906 Atlanta race riot.
Photograph of Walter White, a prominent civil rights activist in Atlanta, Georgia during the first half of the twentieth century. In this head and shoulders portrait, he wears a suit and tie and faces forward.
White became the executive secretary of the NAACP in 1931 and served in that position until his death in 1955. In 1948 White published a memoir, A Man Called White, which details his family's experience of the 1906 Atlanta race riot. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-race-riot-of-1906/m-5972/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives, Atlanta University Center
Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-race-riot-1906
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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