WALTER FRANCIS WHITE

WALTER FRANCIS WHITE (JULY 1, 1893 – MARCH 21, 1955) WAS AN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO LED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, 1929–1955, AFTER JOINING THE ORGANIZATION AS AN INVESTIGATOR IN 1918. HE DIRECTED A BROAD PROGRAM OF LEGAL CHALLENGES TO RACIAL SEGREGATION AND DISFRANCHISEMENT. HE WAS ALSO A JOURNALIST, NOVELIST, AND ESSAYIST. HE GRADUATED IN 1916 FROM ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (NOW CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY)

NAME	DESCRIPTION	CITY	STATE
BIRTHPLACE
EDUCATION	ATLANTA PREPAROTORY SCHOOL	ATLANTA	GEORGIA
EDUCATION	ATLANTA SCHOOL BOARD	ATLANTA	GEORGIA
EDUCATION	ATLANTA UNIVERSITY	ATLANTA	GEORGIA
ORGANIZATION	NAACP	BALTIMORE	MARYLAND
CHURCH	FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (FIRST CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST	ATLANTA	GEORGIA
DIED	PRIVATE RESIDENCE	NEW YORK CITY	NEW YORK CITY
MEMORIAL	UNPAWAUNG CEMETRY -MEMORIAL	WEST REDDING	CONNECTICUT