John Roy Harper II (September 2, 1939 - July 7, 2003) was an American attorney and founder of the United Citizens Party.
John Roy Harper II was born in 1939 to Mary Frances (née Smith) and John Roy Harper, both of whom were longtime teachers at Boylan-Haven-Mather Academy,[1] known as Mather Academy.
[4] Harper worked with state lead Kevin Alexander Gray on Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign.
[5] Harper was one of five men running to be the first Black person elected to Congress from South Carolina since George W. Murray during Reconstruction.
[6] His former wife, Denise Jefferson, was director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater until her death.