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Oral history.; William C. White was born in 1921 in the Pleasant Hill community. As a young boy, White attended the Attala County Training School. He graduated as an honors student in 1942 and later took a national defense course at Alcorn College. During World War II, White was accepted to a camp that recently opened up to African Americans in Great Lakes, Illinois. During his service in the Navy, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor and Guam. After serving in the United States Navy, White accepted a job as a teacher at the Attala County Training School, where he would later become principal. White led the school through the process of integration in 1997. White has worked as the Sunday School superintendent at Christian Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, served on an election and jury commission, and served on the Kosciusko School Board.

Oral history.; William C. White was born in 1921 in the Pleasant Hill community. As a young boy, White attended the Attala County Training School. He graduated as an honors student in 1942 and later took a national defense course at Alcorn College. During World War II, White was accepted to a camp that recently opened up to African Americans in Great Lakes, Illinois. During his service in the Navy, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor and Guam. After serving in the United States Navy, White accepted a job as a teacher at the Attala County Training School, where he would later become principal. White led the school through the process of integration in 1997. White has worked as the Sunday School superintendent at Christian Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, served on an election and jury commission, and served on the Kosciusko School Board.

Oral history.; William C. White was born in 1921 in the Pleasant Hill community. As a young boy, White attended the Attala County Training School. He graduated as an honors student in 1942 and later took a national defense course at Alcorn College. During World War II, White was accepted to a camp that recently opened up to African Americans in Great Lakes, Illinois. During his service in the Navy, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor and Guam. After serving in the United States Navy, White accepted a job as a teacher at the Attala County Training School, where he would later become principal. White led the school through the process of integration in 1997. White has worked as the Sunday School superintendent at Christian Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, served on an election and jury commission, and served on the Kosciusko School Board.

Oral history.; William C. White was born in 1921 in the Pleasant Hill community. As a young boy, White attended the Attala County Training School. He graduated as an honors student in 1942 and later took a national defense course at Alcorn College. During World War II, White was accepted to a camp that recently opened up to African Americans in Great Lakes, Illinois. During his service in the Navy, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor and Guam. After serving in the United States Navy, White accepted a job as a teacher at the Attala County Training School, where he would later become principal. White led the school through the process of integration in 1997. White has worked as the Sunday School superintendent at Christian Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, served on an election and jury commission, and served on the Kosciusko School Board.