Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893, Atlanta, Georgia - March 21, 1955, New York, New York) was a spokesman for fls in the United States for almost a quarter of a century and executive secretary (1931-1955) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
White faced Southern justice first-hand in October, 1919, when the NAACP sent him to investigate the violence known as the Elaine Race Riot in Phillips County, Arkansas.
White, who was of mixed race (five of his great-great-great-grandparents were fl and the other 27 were white) and was blonde and blue-eyed and able to pass for white, was granted credentials from the Chicago Daily News.
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia.
The WalterF. George School of Law of Mercer University, the WalterF. George High School in Atlanta, Georgia, and WalterF. George Lake in western Georgia are named for him.
The WalterF. George Foundation, created at Mercer when the university's law school was named in honor of George in 1947, continues to award scholarships to Mercer law students who plan to pursue careers in public service.
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