Black maverick : T.R.M. Howard's fight for civil rights and economic power / David T. Beito, Linda Royster Beito.

Author/creator Beito, David T., 1956-
Other author Beito, Linda Royster.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Howard, T. R. M. (Theodore Roosevelt Mason), 1908-1976.
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Death and burial.
African Americans--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
African American businesspeople--Biography.
African American surgeons--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights. --Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions. --20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

SeriesThe new Black studies series
New Black studies. ^A906589
Contents 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 the 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-292) and index.
LCCN 2008034994
ISBN9780252034206 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252034201 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E185.97.H827 B45 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold