This man was attacked for his marriage to the white South African Poppy Cannon.
This man was attacked for his marriage to the white South African Poppy Cannon. He was further criticized for a Look magazine article suggesting skin lightening could end the color line. Along with Roy Wilkins, he wrote an anonymous pamphlet attacking Paul Robeson. He succeeded James Weldon Johnson to lead a group in defending the Scottsboro boys and working to implement anti-lynching legislation. For 10 points, name this longtime NAACP leader, who set up the Legal Defense Fund and shares his name with a Breaking Bad character.
This man was attacked for his marriage to the white South African Poppy Cannon.
Walter Francis White