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John E. T. Camper

1897–1977

United States

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John Emory Toussaint Camper (1897 – November 21, 1977) was a prominent physician and Civil Rights activist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Sparrows Point, Camper was a graduate of Frederick Douglass High School. Prior to attending Howard University, Camper served in World War I, and during World War II, he was appointed to the Maryland Commission to Study Problems Affecting the Colored Population and served as a draft-board physician.

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