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Title
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Letter from Walter F. White to E. B. Henderson, May 20, 1918
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Repository
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Mary Riley Styles Public Library - Falls Church History Room
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Date Created
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5/20/1918
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Creator
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Walter F. White
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Recipient
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Edwin Bancroft (E.B.) Henderson
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Description
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A letter to E.B. Henderson from Assistant Secretary and historic NAACP figure Walter White. The letter outlines the importance of the CCPL and broader fight to dismantle segregation laws that would "herd colored people into ghettos." Mr. White declares his intention to send information to establish a Falls Church branch of the NAACP following Henderson's request in a previous letter, and elaborates on the process of application. This is important to both the history of Black organizing in Virginia and in the NAACP, as Falls Church's branch would be one of, if not the first rural branches of the NAACP.
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Research Themes
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Tinner Hill
CCPL
NAACP
E.B. Henderson
Walter F. White
Black Organizing
Displacement
Slow Violence
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Type
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Letter
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Researcher Name
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Jacob Connelly
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Bibliographic Citation
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White, Walter F. “Letter from Walter F. White to E. B. Henderson,” May 20, 1918. Falls Church History Room. Mary Riley Styles Public Library.
