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For some people, passing as white and using their whiteness to uplift other black people was the best way to undermine the system that relegated black people to a lower position in society. [4] These same people that were able to pass as white were sometimes known for leaving the African American community and getting an education, later to ...
Alvera Rita Kalina, (née Frederic, October 21, 1921 – April 5, 2014) was a multiracial American who passed as white. After her marriage she kept the secret of her heritage from her children. [1] She is the subject of White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing, written by her daughter, Gail Lukasik.
With his keen investigative skills and light complexion, White proved to be the NAACP's secret weapon against white mob violence. [17] White passed as white as an NAACP investigator, finding both more safety in hostile environments and gaining free communication with white people in cases of violations of civil and human rights.
Many members of these categories passed temporarily or permanently as white. [13] Since several thousand blacks have been crossing the color line each year, the phenomenon known as "passing for white", millions of White Americans have recent African ancestors. A statistical analysis done in 1958 estimated that 21% of the white population had ...
When white folks around me vented their subterranean racism (“Black kids only get into college because of affirmative action, you know”), I liked to consider myself a warrior—a masked superspy.
I Passed for White is a 1960 American drama film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox from a novel of the same title by Reba Lee "as told to" Mary Hastings Bradley. The film stars Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus and features Jimmy Lydon, Patricia Michon, and Isabel Cooley. It was released by Allied Artists on March 18, 1960.
Belle da Costa Greene was born in Washington, D.C. as Belle Marion Greener.Although her birth date is sometimes noted as December 13, 1883, her biographer Heidi Ardizzone gives Greene's birth date as November 26, 1879.
“He had his head between his legs,” Bernett told PEOPLE in 2021. “He had white fluid around the lips and the nose, and his eyes were closed. ... De Bruteil died in June 1971, and Courson ...