Format:
xxii, 339 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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illustrations
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781598133134
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9781598133127
Series Statement:
Independent Institute studies in political economy
Uniform Title:
Black maverick: T.R.M. Howard's fight for civil rights and economic power
Content:
"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'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. In this powerful biography, David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito shine a light on the life and accomplishments of this civil rights leader. Howard founded black community organizations, organized civil rights rallies and boycotts, mentored Medgar Evers, antagonized the Ku Klux Klan, and helped lead the fight for justice for Emmett Till. Raised in poverty and witness to racial violence from a young age, Howard was passionate about justice and equality. Ambitious, zealous, and sometimes paradoxical, Howard provides a complete portrait of an important leader all too often forgotten"--
Content:
Up from The Black Patch -- The Education of a "Race Man" -- Fraternalist, Entrepreneur, Planter, And Segregation-Era Pragmatist -- A "Modern Moses" For Civil Rights in Mississippi -- "The Most Hated, And Best Loved, Man in Mississippi -- "Hell to Pay in Mississippi" : The Murder of Emmett Till -- "Time Bomb" : Howard, J. Edgar Hoover, And the Emmett Till Mystery -- Taking on The Machine in Chicago : A Republican Campaign for Congress -- Triumph and Tragedy : The Friendship Medical Center
Note:
"This text, excluding the Foreword and Afterword, was originally published as Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power ... by University of Illinois Press in 2009"-- title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781598133141
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781598133158
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781598133165
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Beito, David T., 1956- author T.R.M. Howard Oakland, CA : Independent Institute, [2017]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Howard, T. R. M. 1908-1976
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USA
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Schwarze
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung
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Biografie
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