{"product_id":"walter-white-mr-naacp-9780807857809","title":"Walter White: Mr. NAACP","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter White (18931955) was among the nations preeminent champions of civil rights. With blond hair and blue eyes  he could pass as white even though he identified as African American  and his physical appearance allowed him to go undercover to investigate more than 40 lynchings and race riots in the years following World War I. As executive secretary of the NAACP from 1931 until his death in 1955  White promoted the Harlem Renaissance and led influential national campaigns against lynching  segregation in the military  and racism in Hollywood movies. In this first scholarly biography  Kenneth Robert Janken considers the man who embodied many contradictions. Walter White gained access to white elite culture  establishing friendships with Eleanor Roosevelt and numerous congressmen and Supreme Court justices  but he ultimately considered himself  and was considered by many  an organization man  Mr. NAACP.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67900444016693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807857807","price":89.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807857809.jpg?v=1793808835","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/walter-white-mr-naacp-9780807857809","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}