Description: First published in 1948, this is the autobiography of the famous civil rights activist Walter White (an African American who passed for Caucasian) during his first thirty years of service to the NAACP. His ability to pass, at great personal risk, allowed him to gather important information regarding lynchings, disfranchisement, and discrimination.
Brief description: WALTER WHITE (1893?-1955) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. A significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance, he is the author of several books, including The Fire in the Flint, Flight, and Rope and Faggot: A Biography of Judge Lynch.
Review Quotes:
This is a book to make a white man hang his head in shame--provided he has enough moral maturity to recognize what is shameful. Nothing like it has been written before.
--Saturday Review