David Beito
David T. Beito is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Alabama and received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His academic research covers a wide range of topics in American history including civil rights, tax revolts, civil liberties in the New Deal period, the non-governmental provision of infrastructure, and mutual aid.
His books include From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 and T.R.M. Howard, Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer (co-authored by Linda Royster Beito).
His most recent book is The New Deal’s War On the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance.
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FDR and the Quashing of Free Radio
Roosevelt used regulation and licensing to control dissenting voices on the radio. Our freedom of speech has never recovered.
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The Forgotten Soap Opera That Took on the New Deal
As New Deal thinking took over the nation, The American Family Robinson offered economic alternatives with a side of murder mystery.
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Zora and Eleanor: Toward a Fuller Understanding of the First Lady’s Civil Rights Legacy
“Though often a critic, Hurston would have never disputed Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarkable effectiveness as a champion for civil rights, including numerous and undeniable examples of when her tenacity brought to light and remedied injustices.” ~David Beito
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How Boss E.H. Crump Used the Memphis Police to Suppress a Black Republican Challenge to FDR
“When Martin briefly returned in 1943 to throw out the first ball at an All-Star Game of the Negro American League, three detectives entered his box, arrested him, and whisked him off to a holding cell. He was then ordered to leave town.” ~David T. Beito
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Mound Bayou: Guns, Civil Rights, Free Speech and The Emmett Till Murder
“During the trial of Till’s murderers, Dr. T.R.M. Howard’s Mound Bayou home became a ‘black command center’ for witnesses and journalists.” ~David T. Beito
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Mound Bayou Takes the Lead in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
“Visitors often got their first exposure to a Southern town where members of their race voted, held office, enforced the laws, spoke freely, and walked through the front door. Their day-to-day experiences in Mound Bayou were an inspiration for changing their own communities.” ~David T. Beito
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How Little Mound Bayou Became a Powerful Engine for African American Civil Rights and Economic Advancement
“Many African Americans carefully kept track of events in the town, seeing it as a test case for Booker T. Washington’s theory that a prerequisite for political rights was the slow accumulation of economic power.” ~David Beito
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Reaching Across the Aisle for the Bill of Rights: Learning from a Political Odd Couple
“If Americans want to expand and guarantee protections for free speech, they can gain inspiration from the contributions of Republican Alfred Landon and Socialist Norman Thomas.” ~David Beito
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FDR and the Quashing of Free Radio
Roosevelt used regulation and licensing to control dissenting voices on the radio. Our freedom of speech has never recovered.
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The Forgotten Soap Opera That Took on the New Deal
As New Deal thinking took over the nation, The American Family Robinson offered economic alternatives with a side of murder mystery.
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Zora and Eleanor: Toward a Fuller Understanding of the First Lady’s Civil Rights Legacy
“Though often a critic, Hurston would have never disputed Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarkable effectiveness as a champion for civil rights, including numerous and undeniable examples of when her tenacity brought to light and remedied injustices.” ~David Beito
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How Boss E.H. Crump Used the Memphis Police to Suppress a Black Republican Challenge to FDR
“When Martin briefly returned in 1943 to throw out the first ball at an All-Star Game of the Negro American League, three detectives entered his box, arrested him, and whisked him off to a holding cell. He was then ordered to leave town.” ~David T. Beito
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Mound Bayou: Guns, Civil Rights, Free Speech and The Emmett Till Murder
“During the trial of Till’s murderers, Dr. T.R.M. Howard’s Mound Bayou home became a ‘black command center’ for witnesses and journalists.” ~David T. Beito
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Mound Bayou Takes the Lead in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
“Visitors often got their first exposure to a Southern town where members of their race voted, held office, enforced the laws, spoke freely, and walked through the front door. Their day-to-day experiences in Mound Bayou were an inspiration for changing their own communities.” ~David T. Beito
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How Little Mound Bayou Became a Powerful Engine for African American Civil Rights and Economic Advancement
“Many African Americans carefully kept track of events in the town, seeing it as a test case for Booker T. Washington’s theory that a prerequisite for political rights was the slow accumulation of economic power.” ~David Beito
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Reaching Across the Aisle for the Bill of Rights: Learning from a Political Odd Couple
“If Americans want to expand and guarantee protections for free speech, they can gain inspiration from the contributions of Republican Alfred Landon and Socialist Norman Thomas.” ~David Beito