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George Henry White : an even chance in the race of life
Title
George Henry White : an even chance in the race of life / Benjamin R. Justesen.
ISBN
9780807144770
0807144770
Edition
Updated edition / with a new foreword by Congressman G.K. Butterfield.
Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012, ©2001.
Physical Description
xxx, 471 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 18, 2012
Series
Southern biography series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-457) and index.
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.
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