Walter Francis White
(1893-1955)
American civil rights activist
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Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955) was an African-American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for almost 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), a historically black college.
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Walter Francis White 1 July 1893 Atlanta, Georgia
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21 March 1955 (aged 61) New York
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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