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'''Perry Holbrook Howard''' (February 7, 1922 – November 19, 2009) was a [[sociologist]] known for his research in the field of [[Louisiana]] [[politics]]. He was a long-term [[professor]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], from which he received his [[Ph.D.]] in 1954.
'''Perry Holbrook Howard''' (February 7, 1922 – November 19, 2009) was a [[sociologist]] known for his research in the field of [[Louisiana]] [[politics]]. He was a long-term [[professor]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], from which he received his [[Ph.D.]] in 1954.
==Life and career==
==Life and career==
A native of [[Maine]],<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.funeraldigest.com/obituaries/?id=138250727|title=Perry Holbrook Howard|publisher=funeraldigest.com|accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref> Howard served for three years in the [[United States Navy]] in the South West Pacific Theater of Operations during [[World War II]]. Thereafter, he attended [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. In 1964, he returned to LSU a decade after his graduation and remained on the faculty for nearly thirty years.<ref name=obit/>
A native of [[Maine]],<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.funeraldigest.com/obituaries/?id=138250727|title=Perry Holbrook Howard|publisher=funeraldigest.com|accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref> Howard served for three years in the [[United States Navy]] in the South West Pacific Theater of Operations during [[World War II]]. Thereafter, he attended [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. In 1964, he returned to LSU a decade after his graduation and remained on the faculty for nearly thirty years.<ref name=obit/>
In 1972, Howard wrote a review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County'' (1970), by Frederick M. Wirt, an examination of how [[civil rights]] laws passed between 1957 and 1965 changed the political, social, and cultural fabric at the local level in Panola County, [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2576810|title=Review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County''|publisher= | volume=50|pages=541–542}}</ref> In 1978, Howard published a review of John Dittmer's ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920,'' in which he noted that the spirit of the black community coupled with some interracial cooperation at the time provided the thrust for the later dismantlement of [[segregation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/439/1/173|title=Review of ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920''|publisher=sagepub.com: ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 439, No. 1, 173 (1978)|accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
In 1972, Howard wrote a review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County'' (1970), by Frederick M. Wirt, an examination of how [[civil rights]] laws passed between 1957 and 1965 changed the political, social, and cultural fabric at the local level in Panola County, [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2576810|title=Review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County''|publisher= | volume=50|pages=541–542}}</ref> In 1978, Howard published a review of John Dittmer's ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920,'' in which he noted that the spirit of the black community coupled with some interracial cooperation at the time provided the thrust for the later dismantlement of [[segregation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/439/1/173|title=Review of ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920''|publisher=sagepub.com: ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 439, No. 1, 173 (1978)|accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
In 1975, Howard joined Mark Thomas Carleton (1935-1995) and Joseph B. Parker in the publication of the anthology, ''Readings in Louisiana Politics''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascension.lib.la.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&LastResult=ItemTitles%26Config=pac%26FormId=0%26Branch=,0,%26LimitsId=0%26StartIndex=0%26ItemsPerPage=40%26SortField=0%26PeriodLimit=-1%26IdIsDataNumber=0%26DataNumber=550129193%26NotAddToHistory=1%26Count=4%26ItemField=2%26SearchAvailableOnly=0%26PeriodLimit=-1&DataNumber=0&RecordNumber=84151&SearchAvailableOnly=0&FormId=0&ItemField=2&Config=pac&Branch=,0,|title=''Readings in Louisiana Politics''|publisher=Ascension Parish Library in Donaldsonville|accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
In 1975, Howard joined Mark Thomas Carleton (1935-1995) and Joseph B. Parker in the publication of the anthology, ''Readings in Louisiana Politics''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascension.lib.la.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&LastResult=ItemTitles%26Config=pac%26FormId=0%26Branch=,0,%26LimitsId=0%26StartIndex=0%26ItemsPerPage=40%26SortField=0%26PeriodLimit=-1%26IdIsDataNumber=0%26DataNumber=550129193%26NotAddToHistory=1%26Count=4%26ItemField=2%26SearchAvailableOnly=0%26PeriodLimit=-1&DataNumber=0&RecordNumber=84151&SearchAvailableOnly=0&FormId=0&ItemField=2&Config=pac&Branch=,0,|title=''Readings in Louisiana Politics''|publisher=Ascension Parish Library in Donaldsonville|accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
Howard died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-seven. He was survived by his wife, the former Katie Parker; a son and his wife, Brook and Ann Howard, and their children, Caitlin, Chelsea, and Madeleine; a daughter and her husband, Rebecca and William Shieber, and their children, Driftwood and Alexander; a brother, Emery Howard; a sister, Carolyn Grant, and a brother-in-law and his wife, Joseph and Theresa Parker. He was preceded in death by a son, Benjamin Howard. He was a member of the [[Unitarian]] Church in Baton Rouge, where a memorial servicein his honor was held on January 9, 2010.<ref name=obit/>
Howard died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-seven. He was survived by his wife, the former Katie Parker; a son and his wife, Brook and Ann Howard, and their children, Caitlin, Chelsea, and Madeleine; a daughter and her husband, Rebecca and William Shieber, and their children, Driftwood and Alexander; a brother, Emery Howard; a sister, Carolyn Grant, and a brother-in-law and his wife, Joseph and Theresa Parker. He was preceded in death by a son, Benjamin Howard. He was a member of the [[Unitarian]] Church in Baton Rouge, where a memorial servicein his honor was held on January 9, 2010.<ref name=obit/>