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Southern Biography Series Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Editor This page intentionally left blank George Henry White This page intentionally left blank George Henry White An Even Chance in the Race of Life Benjamin R. Justesen Updated Edition with a New Foreword by Congressman G. K. Butterfield Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2001 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Louisiana Paperback Edition, 2012 Designer: Amanda McDonald Scallan Typeface: Goudy Typesetter: Crane Composition, Inc. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Justesen, Benjamin R., 1949– George Henry White : an even chance in the race of life / Benjamin R. Justesen. p. cm. — (Southern biography series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8071-2586-5 (alk. paper) 1. White, George H. (George Henry), 1852–1918. 2. Afro-American legislators—Biography. 3. Legislators—United States—Biography. 4. United States. Congress. House— Biography. 5. Afro-Americans—Politics and government—19th century. I. Title. II. Series. E664.W593 J87 2000 328.73’092—dc21 00-010079 ISBN 978-0-8071-4477-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Portions of chapters 10 and 11 appeared in different form in “George Henry White, Josephus Daniels, and the Showdown over Disfranchisement, 1900,” North Carolina Historical Review(January 2000). To Elizabeth, Fredrika, and Margaret with love and respect This page intentionally left blank Mr. Speaker, my plea is not for special privileges for my peo- ple, but what we want and have a right to expect is...all the privileges of an American citizen. We will be content with nothing less....An even chance in the race of life is all that we ask, and then if we can not reach the goal, let the devil take the hindmost one! —George Henry White in the U.S. House of Representatives, 7 March 1898
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