WILLIAM LEE HOWARD
This is but one of the quotations of someone who was a major force in perpetuating the old slavery era myth that “Negros” were not only inferior to whites, but they were unable to develop morality or repress their sexual urges. Dr. Howard was generally castigated by his professional colleagues, but he was quite popular with the general public for whom he wrote a number of books and magazine articles.
1860-1918 He was a Baltimore physician who used pseudo-science to “demonstrate” that Negro’s were not only inferior to whites, but they were unable to develop morality or repress their sexual urges. He was generally castigated even then by his professional colleagues, but was quite popular with the general public for whom he wrote a number of books and magazine articles almost all dealing with sexual issues. He is an important factor in American history because he was one of the major factors in perpetuating, and giving a professional veneer, to the mythology about Black male sexuality including the predilection to rape.
