GHW: Statement for Public Presentation (Fourth Version) 2018 My name is Vince Spaulding, and I am here today representing the BESDF, Inc. nonprofit foundation, which was established for Educational, Literary, Charitable purposes among other functions. One of our foundation’s projects includes the promotion of greater historical recognition of the life and legacy of George Henry White, a North Carolina congressman who was a major civil rights leader during his lifetime (1852‒1918). (66 Years Old) Though largely forgotten today (which is something I don’t fully understand), George Henry White was a household name in North Carolina and most of the nation at the turn of the 20th century. Du