T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer | David & Linda Royster Beito at YBLS 2018

Independent Institute Research Fellows David & Linda Royster Beito address the Young Black Leadership Summit, hosted by Turning Point USA and co-sponsored by Independent, in Washington, D.C., October 24-25, 2018.

About the book "T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer," by David Beito & Linda Royster Beito:

"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.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Linda Royster Beito is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of Social Sciences and Dean of Arts and Science at Stillman College. Professor Beito is the co-author of the new Independent Institute book, "T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, and Civil Rights Pioneer" (with David T. Beito), and she is the author of the book, Leadership Effectiveness in Community Policing.

David T. Beito is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in history at the University of Wisconsin, and he is the recipient of the Ellis Hawley Prize. Professor Beito is the author of "T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, and Civil Rights Pioneer" (with Linda Royster Beito), "Taxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression," and "From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967."

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BUY THE BOOKS:

"T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer," by David Beito and Linda Royster Beito:

"Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader," edited by Jonathan Bean

"Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms," by Stephen P. Halbrook

"The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society," edited by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok, with a foreword by Paul Johnson

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