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- Sep 16, 2014
George Henry White Pioneer Award 2014
The George Henry White Pioneer Award was established by the Benjamin and Edith Spaulding Descendants Foundation to honor the legacy of, the late Congressman George Henry White (1852 -1918), who was a major civil rights leader during his time, and was the lone African American serving in the U.S. Congress from 1897 to 1901. The award honors qualities of Servant Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, Visionary Action, and Family Cohesiveness. The BESD Foundation, Inc. BOD's, vote
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- Sep 3, 2014
George Henry White Community Memorial Center: For the establishment of a monument in Bladen County N
DOWNLOAD BROCHURE (PDF) Vision This memorial is a place intended to serve as a focus for the memory of the life and legacy of the late Congressman George Henry White (1852-1918), in his birth place; and to provide a location in Bladen County for the commemoration, remembrance, and recognition of the rich history of the Farmer’s union community and its surrounding neighbors. This memorial is being established as a community museum, to keep on record, chronicle, hand down to po
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