Peter J. Countryman
American social activist and civil rights leader
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| Intro | American social activist and civil rights leader | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Activist Social activist | |
| Work field | Activism | |
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| Birth | 13 April 1942, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 15 October 1992West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, U.S.A. (aged 50 years) |
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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. He was one of the founders in 1967 of People for Human Rights, an interracial Philadelphia-area group. In 1970, he visited Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade. He contracted HIV/AIDS through IV drug use and died in West Lafayette, Indiana.