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Jun 20, 2024 · In 1901, Rep. George Henry White, a Black congressman from North Carolina, delivered a speech to the House of Representatives where he listed the economic achievements of Black Americans nationwide: We have accumulated over $12,000,000 worth of school property and about $40,000,000 worth of church property.
Jun 28, 2024 · George H. White: Searching for Freedom. Explore the enduring legacy of one of the most significant African American leaders of the Reconstruction Era. Born in 1852 in Eastern North Carolina to a family of turpentine farmers, White rose through the ranks of state politics to serve in the 55th US Congress from 1887 to 1901 as its sole ...
3 days ago · Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jun 21, 2024 · George Henry White, former congressman; Middle Township, New Jersey; by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.). Luke Letlow , congressman-elect who died of COVID-19; Rayville, Louisiana; by Rep. Steve...
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3 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
3 days ago · On January 29, 1901, North Carolina Congressman George H. White delivered his now-famous farewell address. White was the fourth of four African Americans to represent North Carolina’s...
4 days ago · There is evidence to suggest that white overseers – working in close proximity to enslaved people under the same demanding master while physically and socially isolated from their own peer group, a situation that drove some to drink – had sexual relations with the enslaved people they supervised (sex between black or white ...
