Otto Phillip Snowden (1914–1995) was an influential 20th-century leader in Boston's African American community.
While a student at Lewis Intermediate School in Roxbury, he led his fellow students in a boycott against the school's track coach because he addressed black team members as "boy.
"[4] Snowden directed St. Mark Social Center in Roxbury, Massachusetts both before and after serving in World War II.
He quit his job as director to work without pay to found Freedom House.
He was also involved in many professional and civic associations, including the Boston Branch NAACP; Booth Memorial Home of the Salvation Army; Work Incentive Program, Division of Employment Security; Boston City Department of Civil Defense, Disaster Squad; American Red Cross, Boston Chapter; Massachusetts Committee for Jobs Unlimited for Negroes and Other Minorities; Mayor's Committee on Civic Progress (Hynes); Citizens Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal (Collins); and the National Conference of Christians and Jews—New England Region.