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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 · 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.
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.
A renaissance man, T. R. M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow, and their critical role in the early Civil Rights Movement.
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 […]
Drawing from dozens of interviews with Howard's friends and contemporaries, as well as FBI files, court documents, and private papers, the authors present a fittingly vibrant portrait of a...
8 de abr. de 2009 · The story of T.R.M. Howard sheds light on many issues neglected by historians. Entrepreneurship and mutual aid played large roles in African American economic and political progress in the years before the success of the civil rights movement.
