White lies : the double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret /
Baime, A. J.
White lies : the double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret / Double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret A. J. Baime. - xiii, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-367) and index.
"Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early twentieth century; the other as a white newspaperman who covered lynching crimes in the Deep South at the blazing height of racial violence. Born mixed race and with very fair skin and straight hair, White was able to "pass" for white. He leveraged this ambiguity as a reporter, bringing to light the darkest crimes in America and helping to plant the seeds of the civil rights movement. White's risky career led him to lead a double life. He was simultaneously a second-class citizen subject to Jim Crow laws at home and a widely respected professional with full access to the white world at work. His life was fraught with internal and external conflict--much like the story of race in America. Starting out as an obscure activist, White ultimately became Black America's most prominent leader. A character study of White's life and career with all these complexities has never been rendered, until now"--
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White, Walter, 1893-1955.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Biography.
Biographies.
White lies : the double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret / Double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret A. J. Baime. - xiii, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-367) and index.
"Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early twentieth century; the other as a white newspaperman who covered lynching crimes in the Deep South at the blazing height of racial violence. Born mixed race and with very fair skin and straight hair, White was able to "pass" for white. He leveraged this ambiguity as a reporter, bringing to light the darkest crimes in America and helping to plant the seeds of the civil rights movement. White's risky career led him to lead a double life. He was simultaneously a second-class citizen subject to Jim Crow laws at home and a widely respected professional with full access to the white world at work. His life was fraught with internal and external conflict--much like the story of race in America. Starting out as an obscure activist, White ultimately became Black America's most prominent leader. A character study of White's life and career with all these complexities has never been rendered, until now"--
9780358447757 0358447755
Harpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 SAN 200-2086
020497875 Uk
White, Walter, 1893-1955.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Biography.
Biographies.