Monday, March 1, 2010

The Honorable George Henry White (R-NC)

George Henry White (18 December 1852 – 28 December 1918) was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1897 and 1901. He is considered the last African American Congressman of the Reconstruction era. No other black American would serve in Congress until Oscar De Priest was elected in 1928.

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