<I>Defense of the Negro Race----Charges Answered. Speech of Hon. George H. White, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 29, 1901</I>
date: label: Date
content: Printed January 29, 1901
name: label: Written by
content: George H. White, American, 1852 - 1918
label: Published by
content: George H. White, American, 1852 - 1918
label: Subject of
content: United States Congress, American, founded 1789
notes: label: Description
content: A softcover staple-bound 14-page booklet of George H. White’s speech to Congress, January 29, 1901. From top to bottom in black ink on recto, the cover reads: [DEFENSE OF THE NEGRO RACE-CHARGES ANSWERED. /"Sow the seed of a tarnished name – / You sow the seed of eternal shame."/ It is needless to ask what the harvest will be. / SPEECH / OF / HON. GEORGE H. WHITE, / OF NORTH CAROLINA, / IN THE / HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, / January 29, 1901. / WASHINGTON. / 1901.]. George H. White’s famous speech illuminates the Congressional hypocrisy among his colleagues who encouraged racial violence by the passage of laws that systematically denied African Americans the rights guaranteed to them through the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.There are no markings on verso.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Finance
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content: Government
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
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content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.160.119.1
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 9 7/16 × 12 1/16 in. (24 × 30.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 9 7/16 × 6 1/8 in. (24 × 15.6 cm)