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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, from 1929 until 1955.
The Fire in the Flint [1] is a 1924 novel by civil rights activist and writer Walter White, it was published by Knopf.The novel was written during the Harlem Renaissance and contains themes consistent with the New Negro Movement as well as promoting anti-racist themes and shedding light on racial oppression during the early 20th century.
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s.This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
By the 1920s, Van Vechten was a noted music and dance critic in New York. Knopf had already published several of his novels by the time Nigger Heaven was conceived. He first became fascinated with Harlem when he read a book by a young Black writer, Walter White.
An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes is a 1924 poetry anthology compiled by Newman Ivey White and Walter Clinton Jackson. The anthology is considered one of the major anthologies of black poetry to be published during the Harlem Renaissance, and was republished in 1969. In reviews, the anthology has been positively received for the effort ...
Walter Francis White – civil rights leader [49] Bert Williams – vaudeville performer; born in Antigua; died in 1922, near the start of the Harlem Renaissance; Mary Lou Williams – pianist; lived at 63 Hamilton Terrace [43] Lillian "Billie" Yarbo – comedienne, dancer, singer [50] [51]
Pages in category "Harlem Renaissance" The following 170 pages are in this category, out of 170 total. ... Walter White (NAACP) Edward Christopher Williams;