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While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Some of the NAACP leaders are familiar, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Thurgood Marshall, but Walter White, head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, has been all but forgotten. FORGOTTEN HERO: WALTER WHITE AND THE NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history.

Directed by Michelle Smawley, written and produced by Rob Rapley, and executive produced by Cameo George, FORGOTTEN HERO: WALTER WHITE AND THE NAACP premieres Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS, PBS.org, the American Experience YouTube channel and the PBS app. →

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