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William English Walling (March 18, 1877 – September 12, 1936) (known as "English" to friends and family) was an American labor reformer and Socialist Republican born into a wealthy family in Louisville, Kentucky. He founded the National Women's Trade Union League in 1903.
William English Walling (1877–1936), a prominent socialist and journalist, was descended from wealthy Kentucky slaveholders. He was a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, the Women’s Trade Union League, the Social Democratic League, and the NAACP.
…3, 1908), Southern white journalist William English Walling called for a revival of the abolitionist spirit to stem the tide of such shocking occurrences. Fearing further degeneration in race relations, white liberals were inspired by the article to join with Black activists in launching the National Association for the Advancement…
Nov 8, 2010 · Born into a wealthy Midwestern family, Walling was educated at the University of Chicago and Harvard, but soon found a calling as a social reform activist when he learned first hand about the conditions of working people as an Illinois factory inspector and a habitué of turn-of-the-century social settlement houses and the Jewish ghetto scene.
William English Walling & the NAACP. On 14th August, 1908, Walling and Strunsky heard about the Springfield Riot in Illinois, where a white mob attacked local African Americans. During the riot two were lynched, six killed, and over 2,000 African Americans were forced to leave the city.
William English Walling was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1877. He was born into wealth and was educated at the University of Chicago and at Harvard Law School. He is an American labor reformer and socialist. After graduating in 1897 he joined the Hull House Settlement in Chicago.
William English Walling: Kentucky's Unknown Civil Rights Hero by Berry Craig A crusading journalist and reformer whom W.E.B. DuBois called "the real founder"1 of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is all but unknown in Lou isville, Kentucky, his hometown. "William English Walling is
William English Walling’s (1877–1936) exposé about a bloody race riot in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln’s hometown and burial site, resulted in the assembly of an interracial group to discuss proposals for an organization that would advocate the civil and political rights of African Americans in January 1909.
In the history of American socialism William English Walling occupies a special place.2 Born into a wealthy Midwestern family, Walling was educated at the University of Chicago and Harvard, but soon found a calling as a social reform activist when he learned first hand about the conditions of working people as an Illinois factory
William English Walling was a millionaire, socialist, and social activist. Walling worked at Hull-House in 1897 while pursuing his graduate study at the University of Chicago. In 1905, Walling investigated social conditions in Europe, studying conditions and organizations, and meeting with socialist leaders.
