1893-1955

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1893-1955

Walter White

and the power of organized protest
Text and photographs relate the details of the life and career of the black reporter and civil rights activist who became secretary of the NAACP.

The moon in our hands

2006
A fictional account of real-life civil rights activist Walter White. White was an African-American, but his blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin protected him from racism. When a black man is tortured and burned alive in Tennessee, White goes undercover as a white salesman to try to find who is responsible for the crime. He struggles with his own questions of identity when word of another lynching spreads through town.

Walter White and the power of organized protest

1994
Relates the details of the life and career of the black reporter and civil rights activist who became secretary of the NAACP.

The moon in our hands

2005
A fictionalized account of the 1918 torture and murder of an African-American man in a small Tennessee town that explores how the murder impacted racial relations in both the town and the nation.

Walter White

1991
Discusses the life and achievements of the civil rights leader who served as secretary of the NAACP from 1931 until his death.
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