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George Henry White : an even chance in the race of life / Benjamin R. Justesen.
LIBRA E664.W593 J87 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Justesen, Benjamin R., 1949-
- Series:
- Southern biography series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White, George H. (George Henry), 1852-1918.
- White, George H.
- United States. Congress. House.
- African American legislators--Biography.
- African American legislators.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- African Americans--Politics and government--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 471 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2001]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-457) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807125865
- OCLC:
- 44593969
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