David T. Beito

Who is David T. Beito?

David T. Beito is a historian and professor of history at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Taxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression; From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890–1967; The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society; and Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power which was co-authored by Professor Linda Royster Beito of Stillman College. Black Maverick is a biography of civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and self-help advocate, T.R.M. Howard, who was a mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer, and was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Harper's Magazine, and other publications.

Beito is the founder and one of the key contributors to the group weblog Liberty and Power, which is located at the History News Network.

Beito was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a B.A. in history from the University of Minnesota in 1980 and a Ph.D in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1986. Since 1994, he has taught at the University of Alabama, where he is a professor in history. He married Linda Royster Beito on June 11, 1997 and they live in Northport, Alabama.