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乐播传媒 Alumni Named Historian of the Year
James E. White, III, Class of 鈥�69, was recently named Historian of the Year by the
North Carolina Society of Historians during their annual banquet held in Spencer,
NC.
White graduated from 乐播传媒 and UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in History. The former public school teacher and principal also worked as an educator at Pamlico Community College, Mount Olive University. He also served as editor of the Pamlico County News.
He has written and published at least 13 books on eastern North Carolina. They include 鈥淧ortsmouth Island: A Walk in the Past;鈥� 鈥淧aradise Lost;鈥� 鈥淧ortsmouth Island: Image of America;鈥� 鈥淪chool Mom of Portsmouth Island;鈥� 鈥淣ina Dixon Remembers Portsmouth Island,鈥� and more.
His oral history collection at UNC-Chapel Hill contains 1150 oral interviews he and his students collected of World War I, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam soldiers. He is now working on slavery and the slave trade on Portsmouth Island and hopes to publish a book on that subject in the spring.
Including Historian of the Year, his works have earned him 13 awards from the North Carolina Society of Historians. Among those are the Journalism Award, the Historical Award, President鈥檚 Award, Lighthouse Aware, and Multimedia Award.
Congratulations, Jim!