词条 | Peter J. Countryman |
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| name = Peter J. Countryman | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|04|13}} | birth_place = Chicago | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|10|15|1942|04|13}} | death_place = West Lafayette, Indiana [1] | nationality = American | alma_mater = Yale University | occupation = Social Activist | spouse = Joan Cannady Countryman }}Peter J. Countryman (April 13, 1942 – October 15, 1992) was an American social activist and civil rights leader. He founded the Northern Student Movement at Yale University in 1961 and served as its executive director until 1963. Born in Chicago, Countryman directed a tutorial project in Philadelphia aimed at helping minority teenagers.[2] He was one of the founders in 1967 of People for Human Rights, an interracial Philadelphia-area group.[3] In 1970, he visited Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade.[4] He contracted HIV/AIDS through IV drug use and died in West Lafayette, Indiana.[5] Notes and references1. ^Source on birth and death dates: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Countryman, Peter J.}}{{US-activist-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|ref=Lyons|last=Lyons|first=Paul|title=The People of This Generation: The Rise and Fall of the New Left in Philadelphia|url= https://books.google.com/books/about/The_People_of_This_Generation.html?id=tNc9VahBuD8C|authorlink=|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=2003|isbn=0812237153}}, p. 44. 3. ^Lyons, p. 178. 4. ^Lyons, p. 192. 5. ^{{Cite news|title=Peter Countryman, 50, A Teacher Active In Civil Rights Movement|date=October 21, 1992|author=Andy Wallace|url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-10-21/news/25997834_1_civil-rights-student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-cities|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|accessdate=August 28, 2012}} 6 : 1942 births|1992 deaths|Activists from Chicago|Yale University alumni|Activists for African-American civil rights|AIDS-related deaths in Indiana |
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