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"A most intriguing and important historical archive, a collection of over 275 pps. of letters and statements compiled in honor of WALTER F. WHITE (1893 - 1955), a leading civil rights activist who was acting secretary for the NAACP, and an advisor to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. White, a reporter who authored numerous books, rose in the ranks of the Georgia branch of the NAACP to become one of the most influential civil rights leaders of his time, instrumental in forming the Committee on Fair Employment Practices during World War II, and serving as consultant to the U.S. delegations to the UN. White joined the NAACP in 1918 as assistant to James Weldon Johnson, the group's first black chief administrative officer. As a reporter, White investigated dozens of race riots and lynchings, and in 1930 became the secretary of the national NAACP, a post he held until his death. In his more than twenty-five years of service to the NAACP, White directed many campaigns towards the federal institution and maintenance of civil rights, integration, and equalization of education, as well international civil rights causes, such as the termination of the American occupation of Haiti. Despite White's ideological battles and eventual break with the influential author and editor W. E. B. DuBois, White's popularity within the NAACP remained. This incredible archive of testimonials was compiled by Joel E. Spingarm, chairman of the board of directors for the NAACP, for White's twenty-fifth year of service to the organization, and was presented to him on May 25, 1944. Comprising over 275 pages, it contains fine content letters and statements from many luminaries within the areas of civil rights, arts, sciences, and religions. The testimonials are both in T.L.S. and T.L.S. formats, and include: NAACP President ARTHUR B. SPINGMAN, in part: ""...In the early art of 1918 there came...an eager young man from Atlanta...who on the recommendation of James Weldon Johnson had been appointed [the NAACP] assistant secretary...I have seen Walter White grow from the impulsive crusader and fearless investigator of lynchings and race riots into one of the really great constructive statesmen of our time...I can think of no one who has been more consistent and steadfast in his course; of no one who has shown greater courage and devotion,, never for one instant hesitating to sacrifice his health and comfort or to risk his life...I am proud to have been associated with him..."". Along with leading civil rights activist MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE who writes, in part: ""...I have a very deep appreciation in my own heard for the recognition by the people of American and the world for the unselfish service you have rendered in helping to build an America - yea - a world democracy...Your life has been given unstintingly and courageously for the cause of justice...I rejoice today that I can join the myriad of friends everywhere in extending to you our blessings...I am sure you have blazed a way and have given the inspiration and courage to the thousands who will follow you...""; noted author ZORA NEALE HURSTON, in part: ""...I want to give [Walter White] his right name, as the human home of the greatest of Negro spirits, HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER...that will to victory distilled in Negro souls, that has and will carry on through and despite every difficulty. If not today...someway to the dignity of manhood, and the right to happiness...HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER...has been with us in American since the first slave ship dropped its miserable load on American soil. He hovered over the burdened ships like a great, but invisible, bird...Wherever the burden was heaviest, and the agony most bitter, there was HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER making laughter out of sorrow, and songs out of sighs...""; author HENRIETTA BUCKMASTER writes, in part: ""...The thing which plagues me sometimes of a sleepless night is the burden of your responsibilities...towards folks like I. Do you realize what you have done? You have helped to open up a world of such vast dimensions that to encompass it is the work of three lifetimes. You have shaken placid people out of their comfortable living and thrust a white hot poker because to do so would be to repudiate our basic if slumbering instincts...And what light there is in our eyes!...""; Rabbi STEPHEN WISE, in part: ""...I place him by the side of some of the greatest sons of his race I have known: Booker Washington, Dr. Carver, Dr. Du Bois...I cherish him for his wise leadership, I cherish him for himself, his unyielding courage, his finely tempered statesmanship...""; NAACP founder JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, in small part: ""...Your bravery, proved again and again in moments of instant danger, is of a quality to move the heart with reverence. Your ability is recognized and respected by men in every walk of life and position of power from the President down...Your rank today is that of a statesman widely known and universally trusted as the leader of your people...""; plus much, much more good content. Letters include: ELLIOT PAYNE MOORE, ALAIN LOCKE, SAMUEL A. BROWNE, S. JOE BROWN, ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS, FRANCIS BIDDLE, WILHELMINA ADAMS, MEET J. SCOTT, LOUIS L. REDDING, THOMAS L. GRIFFITH JR., ELIZABETH GILMAN, HENRY EMERSON FOSDICK, CARL MURPHY, NEWBOLD MORRIS, MAX ZARITSKY, FREDERICK VAN NUYS, RICHMOND BARTHE, ELLA J. BAXTER, CLAUDE A. BARNETT, GEORGE S. SCHUYLER, MARC CONNALLY, HERBERT J. SELIGMAN, STERLING A. BROWN, ROY WILKINS, DOROTHY PETERSON, IRA DE. A REID, CHARLES ALSTON (signed drawing); DAVID O. SELZNICK, DEAN DIXON, CLIFTON FADIMAN, HERBERT LEHMAN, HENRY HAZLITT, Z. ALEXANDER LOOBY, S. D. MCGILL, HENRY LEE MOON, NELSON POYNTER, GEORGE S. OPPENHEIMER, ROBERT ROCKMORE, E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER, HUBERT T. DELANY, EDWARD R. DUDLEY, MABEL K. STAUPERS, ROBERT C. WEAVER, JAMES S. WATSON, OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, CHANNING H. TOBIAS, C. W. ANDERSON, C. C. SPAULDING, LAURA WHEELER WARING, HERBERT AGAR, JAMES EGERT ALLEN, FRANK R. CROSSWAITH, ARTHUR COPPER, A. MACEO SMITH, JACKSON DAVIS, JONATHAN DANIELS, and many more. The sheets have been disbound from their original binding, with spindle holes and some bearing mounting strips at the left margin." 2450 A most intriguing and important historical archive, a collection of over 275 pps. of letters and statements compiled in honor of WALTER F. WHITE (1893 - 1955), a leading civil rights activist who was acting secretary for the NAACP, and an advisor to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. White, a reporter who authored numerous books, rose in the ranks of the Georgia branch of the NAACP to become one of the most influential civil rights leaders of his time, instrumental in forming the Committee on Fair Employment Practices during World War II, and serving as consultant to the U.S. delegations to the UN. White joined the NAACP in 1918 as assistant to James Weldon Johnson, the group's first black chief administrative officer. As a reporter, White investigated dozens of race riots and lynchings, and in 1930 became the secretary of the national NAACP, a post he held until his death. In his more than twenty-five years of service to the NAACP, White directed many campaigns towards the federal institution and maintenance of civil rights, integration, and equalization of education, as well international civil rights causes, such as the termination of the American occupation of Haiti. Despite White's ideological battles and eventual break with the influential author and editor W. E. B. DuBois, White's popularity within the NAACP remained. This incredible archive of testimonials was compiled by Joel E. Spingarm, chairman of the board of directors for the NAACP, for White's twenty-fifth year of service to the organization, and was presented to him on May 25, 1944. Comprising over 275 pages, it contains fine content letters and statements from many luminaries within the areas of civil rights, arts, sciences, and religions. The testimonials are both in T.L.S. and T.L.S. formats, and include: NAACP President ARTHUR B. SPINGMAN, in part: ""...In the early art of 1918 there came...an eager young man from Atlanta...who on the recommendation of James Weldon Johnson had been appointed [the NAACP] assistant secretary...I have seen Walter White grow from the impulsive crusader and fearless investigator of lynchings and race riots into one of the really great constructive statesmen of our time...I can think of no one who has been more consistent and steadfast in his course; of no one who has shown greater courage and devotion,, never for one instant hesitating to sacrifice his health and comfort or to risk his life...I am proud to have been associated with him..."". Along with leading civil rights activist MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE who writes, in part: ""...I have a very deep appreciation in my own heard for the recognition by the people of American and the world for the unselfish service you have rendered in helping to build an America - yea - a world democracy...Your life has been given unstintingly and courageously for the cause of justice...I rejoice today that I can join the myriad of friends everywhere in extending to you our blessings...I am sure you have blazed a way and have given the inspiration and courage to the thousands who will follow you...""; noted author ZORA NEALE HURSTON, in part: ""...I want to give [Walter White] his right name, as the human home of the greatest of Negro spirits, HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER...that will to victory distilled in Negro souls, that has and will carry on through and despite every difficulty. If not today...someway to the dignity of manhood, and the right to happiness...HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER...has been with us in American since the first slave ship dropped its miserable load on American soil. He hovered over the burdened ships like a great, but invisible, bird...Wherever the burden was heaviest, and the agony most bitter, there was HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER making laughter out of sorrow, and songs out of sighs...""; author HENRIETTA BUCKMASTER writes, in part: ""...The thing which plagues me sometimes of a sleepless night is the burden of your responsibilities...towards folks like I. Do you realize what you have done? You have helped to open up a world of such vast dimensions that to encompass it is the work of three lifetimes. You have shaken placid people out of their comfortable living and thrust a white hot poker because to do so would be to repudiate our basic if slumbering instincts...And what light there is in our eyes!...""; Rabbi STEPHEN WISE, in part: ""...I place him by the side of some of the greatest sons of his race I have known: Booker Washington, Dr. Carver, Dr. Du Bois...I cherish him for his wise leadership, I cherish him for himself, his unyielding courage, his finely tempered statesmanship...""; NAACP founder JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, in small part: ""...Your bravery, proved again and again in moments of instant danger, is of a quality to move the heart with reverence. Your ability is recognized and respected by men in every walk of life and position of power from the President down...Your rank today is that of a statesman widely known and universally trusted as the leader of your people...""; plus much, much more good content. Letters include: ELLIOT PAYNE MOORE, ALAIN LOCKE, SAMUEL A. BROWNE, S. JOE BROWN, ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS, FRANCIS BIDDLE, WILHELMINA ADAMS, MEET J. SCOTT, LOUIS L. REDDING, THOMAS L. GRIFFITH JR., ELIZABETH GILMAN, HENRY EMERSON FOSDICK, CARL MURPHY, NEWBOLD MORRIS, MAX ZARITSKY, FREDERICK VAN NUYS, RICHMOND BARTHE, ELLA J. BAXTER, CLAUDE A. BARNETT, GEORGE S. SCHUYLER, MARC CONNALLY, HERBERT J. SELIGMAN, STERLING A. BROWN, ROY WILKINS, DOROTHY PETERSON, IRA DE. A REID, CHARLES ALSTON (signed drawing); DAVID O. SELZNICK, DEAN DIXON, CLIFTON FADIMAN, HERBERT LEHMAN, HENRY HAZLITT, Z. ALEXANDER LOOBY, S. D. MCGILL, HENRY LEE MOON, NELSON POYNTER, GEORGE S. OPPENHEIMER, ROBERT ROCKMORE, E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER, HUBERT T. DELANY, EDWARD R. DUDLEY, MABEL K. STAUPERS, ROBERT C. WEAVER, JAMES S. WATSON, OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, CHANNING H. TOBIAS, C. W. ANDERSON, C. C. SPAULDING, LAURA WHEELER WARING, HERBERT AGAR, JAMES EGERT ALLEN, FRANK R. CROSSWAITH, ARTHUR COPPER, A. MACEO SMITH, JACKSON DAVIS, JONATHAN DANIELS, and many more. The sheets have been disbound from their original binding, with spindle holes and some bearing mounting strips at the left margin.
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