Draft:Harveleigh White
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Harveleigh Monte Rivera White (April 19, 1923 – January 9, 1975) was an educator and civil rights leader in North Carolina.[1] A joint resolution honoring her life and memory was read in the North Carolina General Assembly after his death.[1]
Harveleigh Monte Rivera was born in North Carolina. She married John Owen White and had two children.[1]
In 1952 she joined the teaching staff at Shaw University.[2] The family was photographed at a debutante ball for her daughter.[3]
She was one of several family members to serve as Method's postmaster.[4] Her nomination by the Eisenhower administration was historic.[5]
She and three other women were murdered.[6][7]
A community center in Method, North Carolina is named for her and Berry O'Kelly.[8] It is at the site of the Berry O'Kelly Training School.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Res. 1975-5". www.ncleg.net.
- ^ "The Crisis". November 1952.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (September 23, 1965). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. 14 December 1961.
- ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. 3 April 1958.
- ^ "The Carolina times. (Durham, N.C.) 1919-current, January 18, 1975, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers".
- ^ "State v. Harris, 290 N.C. 718 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
- ^ "Method Community Park". raleighnc.gov.
- ^ "Marker: H-77". www.ncmarkers.com.
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