The Founders’ Day Banquet was a special time to honor two Durham citizens that have made a difference in their fields. Dr. Howard Fitts, Jr., a retired health education professor, was honored by NC State Rep. Mickey Michaux.
Howard Monroe Fitts, Jr. was interviewed by Paul Ortiz, on June 8, 1994 in Durham NC. The 50-minute interview is part of the series "Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South". Interview Number:317 (btvnc03013),
Digital Collection, John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University Libraries.
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/behindtheveil
Interview with Howard Monroe Fitts, Jr.(btvnc03013), interviewed by Paul Ortiz, Durham (N.C.), June 8, 1994, Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South. Interview Number:317
Digital Collection, John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University Libraries.
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/behindtheveil
The December 1979 NCPHA newsletter reports on the 68th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA), of which Howard Monroe Fitts, Jr., EdD, was president. (Archived page courtesy of the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine.)
In 2006 Chair Edwin Fisher arranged for an event to celebrate the history of the UNC school of public health's Department of Health Behavior and Health Education. This link goes directly to the segment in which Howard Fitts speaks. More information is available at https://go.unc.edu/HB | History.
NCCU Health Education faculty member and former chair David Jolly retired in 2016. This link goes directly to Howard Fitts remarks in the event recording. More information and links to the other parts of the (nonprofessional) recording are at https://go.unc.edu/DavidJolly.