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George Henry White : an even chance in the race of life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Justesen, Benjamin R., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
White, George H. > (George Henry), > 1852-1918.
African Americans > Politics and government > 19th century.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
African American legislators > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the turpentine woods
  • A new home for an adopted son
  • Into the public arena
  • The next political campaigns
  • The only colored solicitor in America
  • The siren's call of the Black Second
  • The long road to Congress
  • Into Congress : the first term, 1897
  • Facing the lions : reelection to a second term
  • The second term in Congress
  • The showdown over disfranchisement
  • Life after Congress : testing the currents, 1901
  • Dueling editors and a "winged statesman"
  • The dream of Whitesboro
  • Leaving Washington behind
  • Philadelphia and the final years.