Aug 15, 2009

National Review on Our Book, Black Maverick

by Liberty and Power

The word is slowly getting out about my book (co-authored by Linda Beito), Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. John J. Miller has interviewed us for the National Review:

‘While historians have properly acknowledged the contributions of clergymen and grassroots activists” to the civil-rights movement, write David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, “they have too often neglected those made by entrepreneurs and black professionals.” The Beitos’ new book — Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power — begins to set the record straight.

For the rest, see here .

More Comments:

David T. Beito - 6/11/2009

Thanks Dan!

Daniel B Klein - 6/10/2009

Cheers. Dan

Aeon J. Skoble - 6/10/2009

That's great! Way to go, David!

C.J. Maloney - 6/9/2009

In the review linked above, one line taken from Mr. Beito’s book stood out in my mind. “He (TRM Howard) could sell anything and mostly what he sold was himself.”

While that may have been true during his lifetime, unfortunately his memory faded after his death. That makes Mr. Beito’s newest book all the more important. Mr. Howard can no longer sell himself, but Mr. and Mrs. Beito have taken up the task for him very nicely.