Yesterday's Architect · 1866–1944
Mont Howell
Atlanta University-educated shoemaker who founded the People's Shoe Store, a retail and manufacturing business in Atlanta's Black commercial district, with his brother Edward. He sat on the National Negro Business League's Executive Committee, witnessed the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre and kept his business operating for decades afterward.
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People
- documented by · 2011Rebecca Burnsrecorded his firsthand account of the 1906 massacreBEJ profile
- brotherEdward HowellBEJ profile
Institutions and enterprises
- served on the board of · 1905National Negro Business Leagueelected to the Executive CommitteeBEJ profile · cites New York Age, September 14, 1905
- member ofAtlanta UniversitystudentBEJ profile
- co-foundedPeople's Shoe Storewith his brother EdwardBEJ profile
Places
- born in · 1866GeorgiaBEJ profile
- worked inAtlantaran his shoe business there for decadesBEJ profile
Events
- lived through · 19061906 Atlanta Race Massacrewitnessed it firsthand; kept operating afterwardBEJ profile · cites Rebecca Burns, Rage in the Gate City (2011)
- lived through · 19281928 Chatsworth murder trialtestified as a witnessBEJ profile
Themes
- Institution buildingnational business league leadershipBEJ profile
- Manufacturingshoe manufacturingBEJ profile
- Trade and commerceshoe retailBEJ profile
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