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Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard (March 4, 1908 – May 1, 1976) was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon.
19 de jun. de 2011 · Born March 4, 1908, Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard was a wealthy doctor, successful entrepreneur, and civil rights activist.
"T. R. M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A renaissance man, T. R. M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman.
Howard founded the Regional Council of Negro Leadership in 1951 and rose to prominence as a national civil rights figure during the investigation into the murder of Emmett Till and its subsequent trial. Following persistent death threats, Howard moved his family to Chicago, Illinois.
1 de jun. de 2010 · In Black Maverick, David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito reclaim the colorful but largely forgotten life of T. R. M. Howard as a way to assert “the importance of businesspeople and professionals as pioneers in the early civil rights movement” (pp. 76–77).
Civil rights leader Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard was born on 4 March 1908 in Murray, Kentucky. His father was a tobacco twister, while his mother worked as a cook for Will Mason, a prominent white doctor. Mason hired the boy to perform menial hospital jobs and was so impressed that he helped pay for Howard’s […]
T.R.M. Howard tells more than the story of a single man. It also brings to the fore the heroic contributions of black entrepreneurs and professionals during the civil rights era, a role often neglected by historians.
