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 #:

21853

Author(s):

Justesen, Benjamin R.

Abstract:

Prior to the 1897 election of activist congressman George Henry White, fewer than a dozen African-Americans had served as postmasters in North Carolina. After his election, White pushed for a significant increase in black postmasters with a high of 34 being appointed by Republican leadership. The rise of white supremacy led to the quick downfall of black postmasters by 1900 when only three were left in North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 82 Issue 2, Apr 2005, p193-227 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Civil rights; White, George Henry, 1852-1918; African American postmasters

Record #:

24434

Author(s):

McMullen, David

Abstract:

This article presents North Carolina’s first four black Congressmen: John A. Hyman, James E. O’Hara, Henry P. Cheatham, and George H. White. Today, few North Carolinians know about these early men and the significance they held in history.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 60 Issue 8, January 1993, p33-34, por

Subject(s):

Congressmen; African American legislators; White, George Henry, 1852-1918

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 #:

39714

Author(s):

Burgess, Frances

Abstract:

Biography of George Henry White (1852-1918) African American legislator and Congressman.

Source:

Lines and Pathways of Edgecombe: the Newsletter of the Edgecombe County Genealogical Society (NoCar F262. E2 L56), Vol. 1 Issue No. 7, August 1997, p5

Subject(s):

White, George Henry, 1852-1918

Record #:

41245

Author(s):

Justesen, Benjamin R.

Abstract:

Reconsidering the American South entailed examining how its culture continues to be shaped by the perception of Southerners. The author revealed that symbols like the Confederate flag, social issues such as race, and controversial figures like Josephus Daniels have positively and negatively impacted how Southerners continue to be viewed and view themselves.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 94 Issue 4, October 2017, p431-438 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Southern culture; Culture--Southern; Southern identity; Southern identity--Confederate flag; Southern identity--Civil War; Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981; Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981; Segregation--Jim Crow laws; Race relations; White, George Henry, 1852-1918; Nashville Agrarians--Southern literature