(CIVIL RIGHTS) WHITE WALTER F Work or Fight in the South (co

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) WHITE, WALTER F. Work or Fight in the South (cover title). 8 pages. 8vo, original printed white wrappers; paper lightly and evenly toned. New York: NAACP, 1919

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first separate printing, an offprint from the new republic of march 1, 1919 and one of White's earliest separately published pieces. White (1893-1955) had just joined the NAACP in 1918, and at the invitation of his old schoolmate James Weldon Johnson came to New York to be Johnson's Assistant Secretary at the NAACP. He became Executive Secretary in 1931, leading the organization until his death. rare, oclc locates only one copy, at the university of michigan.