Portrait of Walter Francis White

1918 Walter Francis White.jpg

Title

Portrait of Walter Francis White

Description

Photograph of Walter Francis White printed in The Crisis magazine in March of 1918 when White joined the national staff of the NAACP as Assistant Secretary. White was approximately 25 years old at this time. He went on to head the NAACP as Executive Secretary from 1929 to 1955.

Date

1918-03

Source

The Crisis, Vol. 15 no. 12 (March 1918)

Citation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), “Portrait of Walter Francis White,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 18, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/428.