John Emory Toussaint Camper (1897 – November 21, 1977), born in Baltimore, Maryland was a prominent physician and Civil Rights activist.
[3] While attending Howard, Camper was a star athlete in several sports, including football, and he was president of the school's chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
In 1942, after the death of Private Thomas Broadus by the hands of police officer Frank J. Bender, Camper became a local civil rights activist.
As one of the founders of MeDoSo, a black club for physicians and dentists that used their money and education to fight injustices, Camper was appointed to ask the local branch of the NAACP, which he helped to found, for assistance in investigating the death of Private Broadus.
[2][4][5] Camper also served in a leadership capacity for the Citizens' Committee for Justice; in May 1942, he organized transportation for over 2,000 participants for the CCJ's March on Annapolis.