White was an American insurance businessman and state legislator in Oklahoma.
He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1964.
[1][2] He advocated for public housing legislation.
[3] In 1966 he campaigned for a state senate seat against Edward Melvin Porter.
[4] He, Archibald B. Hill, and Curtis Lawson were the first African Americans elected to the Oklahoma Legislature after 1908.