Opinion Pieces, Government Reports, and Writings
The Nation
May 1, 2025
We Overcame Jim Crow by Confronting Injustice. We Can Do it Again
Those billy clubs striking my body strengthened my mind and convinced me that we could overcome segregation. We did so then, and we can overcome Trump’s America today.
The Nation
March 6, 2025
Trump’s Presidency Reminds Me of the Segregation and Jim Crow of My Youth
The xenophobic, bigoted, and cruel policies of the Trump administration are bringing back traumatic memories of American racism and all the nightmares that went with it.
The New York Daily News
June 21, 2020
Pain, Perspective And Progress In Fighting Racism
We need a modern day inititive on the order of a Marshall Plain to focus on racism in all of our institutions to root out America’s shameful legacy.
New York Newsday
January 15, 1987
The Politics Of Paranoia
The citizens of Howard Beach are right about one thing. Their community should not be singled out as the prime example of violence motivated by prejudice. The virulence of this disease is such that Gov. Mario Cuomo was impelled to announce in his State of the State message the creation of a statewide Task Force on Bias -Motivated Violence.
Governor’s Office, State of New York, Executive Chamber, State Capitol
Final Report - Task Force of Bias Related Violence
Douglas H. White, as Commissioner of Human Rights for the State of New York chaired the task force report to gather information and conduct statewide public hearing. After a year of this work, Governor Mario Cuomo was presented with 61 findings and 167 recommendations. Some of these were precursors of those being instituted today because of the demands of Black Lives Matter and the protests in the streets of this nation.
Speaking Engagements & Contact
Douglas H. White is available to speak on any issues related to his vast experience regarding civil /human rights, diversity, equity and his memoir on segregation and Jim Crow.