Review: A Man Called White

A Man Called White: The Autobiography of Walter White. Walter White. University of Georgia Press reprint.

Man, I loved reading this. Now, I'm on the hunt for the newly published biography of Walter White. It's  White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret, by A.J. Baime  (Mariner, 2022). I first heard about the first chapters of this memoir fifteen years ago, on the anniversary of the 1906 Atlanta riots, which young White witnessed personally. He grew up not far from where my maternal grandfather was born; I wish he was alive to discuss this with me. White gets around, before and during his tenure with the NAACP. There is so much here. 

Recently, I read the great two-volume graphic novel series by Mat Johnson Incognegro, a historical fiction seemingly drawing from the experiences White narrates in the first part of this memoir, investigating hate crimes, lynchings, and jailed black people, by passing for white while investigating.  But the stories get quite deep, especially, to me, the negotiations for blacks in the armed services before the integration of the services, just after this was published.

Read this book. Highest recommendation.

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