Attributed
Assertion
Walter White’s 1946 praise and recommendation are contemporaneous assessments of Negro Digest and Ebony.
Evidence and limits
An endorsement is not an independent audit; the no-advertising statement applies to Negro Digest at that time.
- BEHI-P013-S09 — Walter White’s praise and Selznick recommendation
NAACP Records, General Office File, Box IIA449, Negro Digest, folder 3; supplied 91-page PDF; PDF pp. 43–47
A March 6 letter praises Negro Digest and Ebony. The March 8 outgoing telegram to David O. Selznick calls Negro Digest “WHOLLY REPUTABLE” and says it carries no advertising. This is White’s contemporaneous assessment of Negro Digest, not an independent audit, an Ebony advertising statement or a perpetual company-wide rule.
Repository / source reference - BEHI-P013-S17 — Polling critique and replies from Roper and Gallup
NAACP Records, General Office File, Box IIA449, Negro Digest, folder 3; supplied 91-page PDF; PDF pp. 77–87
White queries the magazine’s characterization of Black participation in opinion polls, obtains replies from Roper and Gallup and shares them with Johnson. The exchange establishes a challenge and responses, not BEHI’s endorsement of either sampling method or certification of the magazine’s broad claim. Copies overlap.
Repository / source reference
This receipt belongs to John H. Johnson — Profile №13. Supplied scans are retained in the research file; this public receipt is a source description, not a redistribution of the entire archival folder.