Trade of Puerto Rico . . . speeches of Hon. George H. White, February 5 and 23,1900

Representative George H. White of North Carolina was the only African American member of the 55^th and 56^th Congresses (1897–1901) and the last in Congress for nearly 30 years. In a speech about trade, White protested the disenfranchisement and lynching of blacks in the South. He introduced a bill for federal enforcement of civil rights.

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