 Later in life White moved to Altadena California where he remained until his death in 1979.White's best known work is the mural "The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy" at Hampton University.Measuring around 12 feet by seven feet, the mural depicts a number of notable African-Americans including Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Peter Salem, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Marian Anderson.