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01964aam a2200337 a 4500 001 3F631C24F71F11E185565BE26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120905010144 008 120730t20122001lauaf b 000 0beng d 020 $a 0807144770 020 $a 9780807144770 035 $a (OCoLC)802291510 040 $a YDX $c YDX $d SILO $d OCLCO $e rda $d NRC $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Justesen, Benjamin R., $d 1949- $e author. 245 1 $a George Henry White : $b an even chance in the race of life / $c Benjamin R. Justesen. 250 $a Updated edition / $b with a new foreword by Congressman G.K. Butterfield. 260 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xxx, 471 pages, [8] pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Southern biography series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-457) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a White, George H. $q (George Henry), $d 1852-1918. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American legislators $v Biography. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 830 0 $a Southern biography series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180104042814.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3F631C24F71F11E185565BE26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search