1947
Born in Petersburg, Virginia to Redemous and Jessie Lee Howard.
1966
Becomes a television film technician for Petersburg Television Corporation.
1966
Serves in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at Virginia State University.
1968
Joins the United States Air Force.
1972
Becomes a television production specialist at Nationwide Communications, Inc.
1980
Receives a Bachelor of Social Work in sociology from Virginia State University.
1980
Founds the Neighborhood Tolerance Association.
1980
Becomes owner and operator of RAH47 Creative Services, Inc.
1982
Joins the Republican Presidential Task Force.
1983
Works in the Defense Logistics Agency Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems.
1983
Becomes member of the U.S. Senatorial Club.
1984
Receives the Republican Presidential Medal of Merit.
1991
Becomes a customs service import specialist with the U.S. Department of Treasury.
1994
Works in the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs.