A Man Called White: The Autobiography of Walter White (Brown Thrasher Books)

I ran across this book hoping to find books about Black people who look white and how they were treated in America. This is the book I found and was I surprised to find out about this man. I had never heard of Walter White but I'm glad I did. He was a great Black man. It's a great history book. He should be talked about in our history books. I should have known about him.Mr. White did some brave things to help his people and I'm so glad he did. Please purchase this book and learn more about Black History or better yet, American History!

Great read

good read

Very readable and good insight from White himself.

I read this autobiography in college, and it took my breath away. White, who was executive secretary of the NAACP until his death in the mid 1950s, writes candidly of his work and life in the fight for civil rights. The book title is a play on his last name and the fact that his mixed ancestry left him with light skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. He used his appearance to help him get evidence in lynching investigations, and was successful because the lynchers thought he was white (being born and raised in Atlanta didn't hurt either!) The man was no saint (ditched his wife to marry another woman, a practice I don't endorse) but you cannot read this book without having some kind of change in your thinking on race relations--then or now.

i have read a few pages since it arrived yesterday and I am eager toread more.

I found this book after hearing about Mr White on an Instagram post. The book has not disappointed. Very good read. Very in depth information.