biography
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Turner, Thomas Wyatt
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| lived:
| (1877–1978)
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| biography:
| Social activist, born in Charles Co, Maryland, USA. An African-American Catholic who taught biology at Howard University (from 1913), he organized and chaired a Committee for the Advancement of Colored Catholics (later Federated Colored Catholics) to combat racial discrimination in the Church. It was especially active during 1919–32, when it was splintered by a dispute over Turner's then-controversial emphasis on protest and confrontation. |
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