In February 2007, Beito was appointed to chair the Alabama State Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. In April, 2008, the Committee had an open meeting at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham which focused on eminent domain as a possible civi rights issue. It followed this up with another open meeting in April 2009 in Montgomery. The testimony resulted in a national briefing by Beito for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. generated stories by ABC News, Fox News, and other outlets.[2][3]
Beito's biography of Dr. T.R.M. Howard received widespread praise. Mark Bauerlein in a review for the Wall Street Journal called it "compelling," civil rights leader Julian Bond characterized it as "wonderfully told," former NAACP head Benjamin L. Hooks lauded it as a "must read," and Shelby Steele found it to be "richly detailed.” [4][5]
T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer won the best book award in the category for biography by the American Book Fest and the Independent Book Publishers Association. His most recent book, The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship and Mass Surveillance has received praise from a broad spectrum of scholars including Ellen Schrecker, Randy Barnett, and Burton W. Folsom Jr.[6][7]
Books
Beito, David T. (2023). The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance (First ed.). Oakland: Independent Institute. pp. 4–7. ISBN978-1598133561.
^Beito, David T.; Beito, Linda Royster (2018). T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer (First ed.). Oakland: Institute. p. 339. ISBN978-1-59813-312-7.