Record #:

4417

Author(s):

Haley, John

Abstract:

Born a slave in Bladen County, George White graduated from Howard University and returned to North Carolina to practice law. He joined the Republican Party and was elected to the General Assembly in the 1880s. He later was prosecuting attorney for the Second Congressional District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1897-1901. He was the last former slave to serve in Congress and the last African American elected from the South to Congress until 1972.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 39 Issue 1, Fall 1999, p19, por

Subject(s):

African American politicians; White, George Henry, 1852-1918

Record #:

14894

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Prominent African American men who experienced success during this era served as politicians and school officials. Members of Congress included Henry P. Cheatham (1889-1893) and James E. O'Hara (1883-1887) both served in the United States House of Representatives. Two diplomats, James H. Harris and Dr. L. L. Smith both performed duties as Minister to Liberia. Dr. Dudley was President of A.T.&T. College at Greensboro.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 17, Sept 1943, p5, 23-24

Subject(s):

African American politicians

Record #:

16004

Author(s):

Bell, John L.

Abstract:

Scholarly examination of New Deal effects on African Americans largely focuses on negative aspects of President Roosevelt's program. However, during this period, the President appointed nearly one hundred African American advisers \"who focused on ending racial discrimination in federal programs.\" One such adviser was Lawrence Augustus Oxley and he is the focus of this paper which hopes to illuminate an understudied scholastic topic.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 46 Issue 2, Mar 1998, p46-51, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American politicians; New Deal, 1933-1939; Oxley, Lawrence Augustus, 1887-1973

Record #:

27361

Author(s):

Yeoman, Barry

Abstract:

Dan Blue is the first black Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Blue is credited with preventing a budget crisis and other major changes under his leadership.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 29, July 17-23 1991, p6-7 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Politics--North Carolina; Blue, Daniel Terry Jr., 1949-; African American politicians

Record #:

28097

Author(s):

Harkin, Judy Hardin

Abstract:

George Henry White was one of the most important African American political leaders during the last decade of the nineteenth century. White lived in New Bern for almost two decades, during which he was a teacher, principal, prosecutor, politician, and a civic and religious leader.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Nov 2006, p3-14, por, bibl

Subject(s):

White, George Henry, 1852-1918; African American politicians

Record #:

38362

Author(s):

Abstract:

In this part of the narrative of the life of Rev. L. R. Ferebee, he talks about being ordained in 1880; going through an ordeal with money promised him by the Church; the loss of a new church by an incendiary; and the bad political situation he faced in North Carolina at the time.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 13 Issue No. 4, , p92-93 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slave narratives; African American politicians