John B. White (Oklahoma politician)

{{Short description|American businessman and politician (1932–2000)}}

{{ infobox officeholder

| state_house = Oklahoma

| district = 98th

| term_start = 1964

| term_end = 1966

| predecessor = District created

| successor = A. Visanio Johnson

| party = Democratic

}}

John B. White was an American insurance businessman and state legislator in Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1964.{{Cite web|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CI010|title=Civil Rights Movement | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|website=www.okhistory.org}}Former state Rep. John Bryant was political pioneer in Oklahoma

https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3541997/former-state-rep-john...

Feb 19, 2011 · December 13, 2021 He advocated for public housing legislation.{{Cite web|url=https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc430982/|title=[Photograph 2012.201.B0390.0352]|first=Tony|last=Wood|date=December 15, 1964|website=Oklahoma Times, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 15, 1964}} In 1966 he campaigned for a state senate seat against Edward Melvin Porter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PO017|title=Porter, Edward Melvin | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|website=www.okhistory.org}} He, Archibald B. Hill, and Curtis Lawson were the first African Americans elected to the Oklahoma Legislature after 1908.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5CNBQAAQBAJ&dq=oklahoma+representative+John+b.+white+1964&pg=PA226|title=Sunbelt Cities: Politics and Growth since World War II|first1=Richard M.|last1=Bernard|first2=Bradley Robert|last2=Rice|date=June 23, 2014|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292769823 |via=Google Books}} He was a Democrat.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B8EDAAAAMBAJ&dq=oklahoma+representative+John+b.+white+1964&pg=PA10|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=June 18, 1964|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M94DAAAAMBAJ&dq=oklahoma+representative+John+b.+white+1964&pg=RA1-PA197|title=Ebony|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=April 9, 1965|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}