Frances Murphy Draperalso known as Toni, is an American teacher, newspaper executive and pastor.

[1] Draper's grandfather Carl J. Murphy edited the paper from 1922 to 1967; her grandmother Vashti Turley Murphy was one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta;[4] and her aunt Elizabeth Murphy Moss was the first black woman to be certified as an overseas war correspondent in World War II.

[5] Her mother, Frances L. Murphy II, served as publisher and chairman of the AFRO-American board in the 1970s.

After a BA in Spanish education at Morgan State University in 1969, Draper worked as a teacher, gaining a M.Ed.

From 1976 to 1978 she worked as an account executive at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, before joining Morgan State University in 1978 as an assistant vice president of development.