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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.
"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.
19 giu 2011 · Howard, a lifelong Republican, ran for Congress in 1958 against William Levi Dawson, a South Side black Democrat backed by the powerful William Daley Machine. He lost to the politically-connected congressman.
17 gen 2020 · Who was T.R.M. Howard? By The IHS Jan 17, 2020. When picturing key figures from the civil rights era, the name T.R.M. Howard may not rise to the forefront of your mind. But for Dr. David Beito, Professor of History at the University of Alabama, he is a cornerstone figure of the movement.
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.
1 giu 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 […]
