Trailer | Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

Season 37 Episode 1

About the Episode

The story of civil rights hero Walter White — one of the most influential Black men in mid-century America and leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, yet one of the least known figures in civil rights history.

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