- Jan 27, 2015
Christensen: Trying to keep alive NC Rep. George H. White's legacy
By Rob Christensen, newsobserver.com Thursday will be the anniversary of North Carolina Rep. George H. White's famous farewell speech to Congress - a speech filled with history and meaning unlike the C-SPAN blather we get today. White, a Republican, was the only African-American serving in Congress. But he had decided to not seek re-election in 1900 in the face of the second straight Democratic-led white supremacy campaign that would lead to the disenfranchisement of most bla
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