Howard H. Bell Explained

Howard H. Bell
Birth Name:	Howard Holman Bell
Birth Date:	13 March 1913
Birth Place:	Morland, Kansas, U.S.
Occupation:	Scholar
Parents:	Ernest Paul Bell Irene Lucy Bell
Education:	University of California, Berkeley Northwestern University (PhD)

Howard Holman Bell (March 13, 1913 – January 14, 2012) was a scholar of African American history.^[1] His book Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Negro Conventions, 1830-1864 was published in 1969. He wrote an introduction to the 1970 edition of Black Separatism in the Caribbean, 1860.^[2] Several of his articles were published in the Journal of Negro Education. He worked at the Library of Congress, Texas Southern University, Dillard University, Morgan State University, and Howard University.^[3]

He was born in Morland, Kansas, the son of Ernest Paul Bell and Irene Lucy Bell. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1941 with an undergraduate degree and served in the Navy in World War II. He received a graduate degree in 1947 from U.C. Berkeley and a PhD from Northwestern University in 1953.^[1] His thesis was a survey of the convention movement.^[4] He retired from teaching as a professor of Black history at Howard University in 1978.^[1]

He helped Floyd John Miller develop his thesis which became a book.^[5]

Bibliography

• "The Negro Emigration Movement, 1849-1854: A Phase of Negro Nationalism," Phylon 20 (Winter 1959): 134. 38.
• "Expressions of Negro Militancy in the North, 1840-1860", The Journal of Negro History 45, no. 1 (January 1960): 11-20
• "Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington, 1961^[6]
• "Negro Nationalism; A Factor in Emigration Projects, 1848—1861," Journal of Negro History 47 (June 1962); pages 42–53.
• "The National Negro Convention", 1848^[7]
• Some Reform Interests of the Negro During the 1850s as Reflected in State Conventions, Phlyon v. 21/ 2 1960^{[8] [9]}
• "The American Moral Reform Society, 1836-1841", The Journal of Negro Education
• Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Negro Conventions, 1830-1864, 1969

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Morgan Messenger January 18 Page 8.
2. Book: Directory of African American religious bodies: A compendium by the Howard University School of Divinity. 9780882581842. June 1995 . Payne . Wardell J. . Howard University Press .
3. 2715469. Taylor. Joseph H.. Reviewed work: The Negro in Indiana before 1900, Emma Lou Thornbrough. The Journal of Negro History. 43. 1. 69–71. 1958. 10.2307/2715469.
4. Book: Negro Thought in America, 1880-1915: Racial Ideologies in the Age of Booker T. Washington. registration . 281 . howard H. bell howard university. . University of Michigan Press . 0472061186. Meier. August. 1988.
5. Book: The search for a black nationality: Black emigration and colonization, 1787-1863. registration . howard H. bell howard university. . University of Illinois Press . 9780252002632. Miller. Floyd John. 1975.
6. 1911/36859. Article entitled "Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington". Forms Part of the Willie Lee Gay Collection in the Heartman Collection at the Robert J. Terry Library at Texas Southern University Robert J. Terry Library, Texas Southern University. October 1961. Bell. Howard H..
7. https://resources.ohiohistory.org/ohj/browse/displaypages.php?display[]=0067&display[]=357&display[]=368
8. Book: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior. 9781452265872. Warren. Kenneth F.. 2008-04-04. SAGE Publications .
9. Web site: Phylon Quarterly. 1959.