Walter White (activist)
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Walter Francis White was an American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for a quarter of a century, from 1929 until 1955. He directed a broad
White photographed by Clara Sipprell, c. 1950
White in 1918
Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, lynched in Marion on August 7, 1930
The NAACP flag exhibited by the Library of Congress
Passing (racial identity)
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Passing, in the context of race, occurs when one conceals their socially applied racial identity or ethnicity in order to be perceived as another race for acceptance and other benefits. Historically,
Walter White (activist)
…NAACP's Executive Secretary. As Johnson's assistant he traveled to the South to investigate lynchings and race riots. Being light-skinned, he was able to pass as white to facilitate his investigations and protect himself in tense situations. White succeeded Johnson as the head of the NAACP in an acting capacity…
Anita Florence Hemmings, the first African-American woman of mixed ancestry to graduate from Vassar College, passed as white for socioeconomic reasons.
James Weldon Johnson, author of the novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Edward Stirling