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Walter White

AmericanJuly 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955Protest Fiction

Walter White was the executive secretary of the NAACP and also a novelist who used fiction to expose the horrors of lynching and racial violence. His undercover investigations informed both his journalism and his two novels.

Works

  • The Fire in the FlintNovel of Black doctor confronting Southern racism and white mob violence→
  • FlightNovel of Black man's escape from Southern racism through racial passing→
  • A Man Called WhiteAutobiography of Black activist and NAACP leader fighting racism and injustice→
  • Rope and FaggotHistorical study examining lynching as tool of racial oppression and terror→
  • How Far the Promised LandCollection of essays on racial justice, civil rights, and African American progress→

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