Howard Romaine
Howard Romaine is a lawyer, writer and activist. Knoxville, Tennessee Area - Attorney at Law at Howard M. Romaine, LLC.
Biography
Romaine is from New Iberia, Louisiana and has spent time living in Atlanta and Nashville.[1][2]
Southern Student Organizing Committee
In the 1960s Romaine was active with the Southern Student Organizing Committee. The SSOC was a student activist group that focused particularly on civil rights and the Vietnam War. Some of the founders included Sue Thrasher and Howard Romaine.
After the breakup of Southern Student Organizing Committee two former members, Howard Romaine and Sue Thrasher, were instrumental in forming the Institute for Southern Studies with Julian Bond.
SSOC officers
In the late 1960s Southern Student Organizing Committee officers were;
- Chairman: Howard Romaine, University of Virginia(Charlottesv:ille, Virginia
- Vice-Chairman: Howard Spencer, Rust College Holly Springs, Mississippi
- Secretary: Herman Carter, Southern University Baton Rouge Louisiana
- Treasurer: Roy Money, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee[3]
Institute for Southern Studies
Romaine was listed as a board member for the Institute for Southern Studies.[4][5]
Founding Board members
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The Institute for Southern Studies was incorporated in the state of North Carolina on July 28, 1989. The founding members listed on the incorporation papers:
- Julian Bond President, from Atlanta, Georgia
- Peter Bourne, from Washington, D.C.
- N. Jerold Cohen, from Atlanta, Georgia
- John Lewis, from Atlanta, Georgia
- Marcus Raskin, from Washington, D.C.
- Howard Romaine, from New Iberia, Louisiana
- Robert Sherrill, from Washington, D.C.
- Sue Thrasher Secretary, from Atlanta, Georgia
- Elizabeth Tornquist, from Durham,
References
- ↑ Howard Romaine Facebook Page
- ↑ Institute for Southern Studies" "Comment on article" January 23, 2009
- ↑ SOUTHERN STrIDENT ORGANIZING CTTEE
- ↑ Heritage Foundation "Institute for Policy Studies," April 19, 1977
- ↑ Institute for Southern Studies "Election 2008: What does it mean for the South?," November 5, 2008