TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baime,A.J.
TI  - White lies: the double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret 
SN  - 9780358447757
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Boston, New York
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  - White, Walter,
KW  - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American civil rights workers
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - United States
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-367) and index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -