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. A joint resolution honoring her life and memory was read in the North Carolina General Assembly after his death.

Harveleigh Monte Rivera was born in North Carolina. She married John Owen White and had two children.

In 1952 she joined the teaching staff at Shaw University. The family was photographed at a debutante ball for her daughter.

She was one of several family members to serve as Method's postmaster. Her nomination by the Eisenhower administration was historic.

She and three other women were murdered.

A community center in Method, North Carolina is named for her and Berry O'Kelly. It is at the site of the Berry O'Kelly Training School.