Mont Howell

Mont Howell
Born
George Montgomery Howell

1866 (1866)
Died1944 (aged 77–78)
Burial placeSouth-View Cemetery
Other namesG. M. Howell
EducationAtlanta University

George Montgomery "Mont" Howell Sr. (1866 – 1944),[1][2] commonly known as Mont Howell,[3] was an African American businessman in Atlanta, Georgia.[4] He was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Negro Business League.[5][6] Howell and his brother Edward operated a shoe store and manufacturer in Atlanta called the "People's Shoe Store".[3]

Howell was a witness to the 1906 Atlanta race massacre;[3] and testified as a witness in the 1928 murder trial of Coleman Osborn, a store owner in Chatsworth, Georgia.[4][7] He attended Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary for George Mont Howell". The Atlanta Constitution. January 1, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved February 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Obituary for George Mont Howell". The Atlanta Constitution. February 12, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved February 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Burns, Rebecca (August 15, 2011). Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. University of Georgia Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-8203-8042-1.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Robert Neil (October 25, 2026). "The Howell–Petty Incidents". An Evil Day in Georgia: The Killing of Coleman Osborn and the Death Penalty in the Progressive-Era South. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 979-8-89527-123-0.
  5. ^ "Article clipped from The New York Age". The New York Age. September 14, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved February 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Officers and members of the Executive Committee of the National Negro Business League". Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The New York Public Library. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  7. ^ "New 'Confession' Quickly Refuted by Eula Thompson". The Atlanta Journal. August 28, 1928. p. 1, 13. Retrieved 2026-02-10 – via Newspapers.com.
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