T. R. M. Howard
Physician
1908 – 1976
Who was T. R. M. Howard?
Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon. He was one of the mentors to activists such as Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, and Jesse Jackson, founded Mississippi's leading civil rights organization in the 1950s, the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, and played a prominent role in the investigation of the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. He was also president of the National Medical Association and chairman of the board of the National Negro Business League.
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- Born
- Mar 4, 1908
Murray - Also known as
- Dr. T. R. M. Howard
- Religion
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Oakwood College
- Loma Linda University
- Union College
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Died
- May 1, 1976
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on July 23, 2013
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