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T. R. M. Howard. Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard (March 4, 1908 – May 1, 1976) was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon. He was a mentor to activists such as Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, and Jesse Jackson, whose efforts gained local and ...
19. Juni 2011 · Learn about the life and achievements of T.R.M. Howard, a black physician who founded a clinic, a farm, a hospital, and a zoo in Mississippi. He also played a key role in the Emmett Till case and ran for Congress in Chicago.
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.
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, an unlikely civil rights hero. articles.latimes.com. Fifty-four years ago today, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicago boy visiting family in Mississippi, was abducted, mutilated and slain after he allegedly whistled at a white woman. Several days later, his horribly disfigured body was fished out of the Tallahatchie River.
1. Juni 2010 · Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. By David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009. xviii, 304 pp. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-252-03420-6.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic. Volume 97. Issue 1. June 2010. Journal Article.
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. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, its narrative of men and women pursuing equal justice and economic betterment offers ...
