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Emery T. Morris (1849 - September 24, 1924) was a druggist, porter, engineer, public official, and civil rights leader in the United States. He was a nephew of lawyer and civil rights leader Robert Morris.
He was involved in the Niagara Movement and then the National Negro Political League. His life is commemorated by a historical marker. He and William Monroe Trotter split with the Niagara Movement to found the NNPL, led by blacks unlike the NAACP at the time.[1]
He was part of the National Equal Rights League and signed, along with others, a letter to president Woodrow Wilson during World War I about racial discrimination.[2] He acquired a library of anti-slavery books.[3]
He was buried at the Cambridge Cemetery.[1]
He was active in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area and the residence where he did organizing has undergone restoration.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Emery T. Morris Historical Marker".
- ^ presidentwilson.org/items/show/23008
- ^ "Morris's Boston - Robert Morris - Law Library".
- ^ "Tufts Project Emery Morris | Magazine | the Harvard Crimson".