Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
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Name (Latin)
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Other forms of name
Henry, Aaron, 1922-
Date of birth
1922-07-02
Date of death
1997-05-19
Associated country
United States
Associate group
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Occupation
Civil rights workers
Soldiers
African American civil rights workers
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Henry, Aaron E.; civil rights activist, soldier, NAACP leader / officer; born 02 July 1922 in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States; his World War II experience in the segregated military affected him profoundly; studied pharmacology at Louisiana's Xavier University (1946-1950); served as the founding secretary in the Regional Council of Negro Leadership in December in the all-black Mississippi Delta town of Mound Bayou (1951); elected president of the Mississippi Conference of the NAACP (1959), later became vice president and board member of the national NAACP; cofounded the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) (1961); member of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP); held leadership positions in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Southern Regional Council, the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, the National Caucus for Black Aged, and the Federal Council on Aging; congressman in the Mississippi House of Representatives for Coahoma County (1980-1996); died 19 May 1997 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
- NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Rauh, J. Papers, 1913-1986(Henry, Aaron)
- NUCMC files(Henry, Aaron Edd, 1922- ; pres. of Mississippi NAACP and official of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party)
- Sewell, G. Mississippi Black History Makers, 1977:p. 244, etc. (Henry, Aaron)
- English Wikipedia website, viewed May 15, 2013(Aaron Henry (July 2, 1922--May 19, 1997) was an American civil rights leader, politician, and head of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP. He was one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party which tried to seat their delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention)