George H. White: Searching For Freedom is a documentary film about the legacy of one of the most significant African American leaders of the Reconstruction Era. Born in 1852 in Eastern North Carolina to a family of turpentine farmers, White rose through the ranks of state politics to serve in the 55th US Congress from 1887 to 1901 as its sole Black voice.

Special programming from Temple University Television.
George H. White: Searching For Freedom
