Ronald V. Myers, Sr. (born February 29, 1956 – September 7, 2018) was an American physician, Baptist minister, musician, and civil rights activist.
He worked in the field of medicine, providing care to poor rural residents of the American South.
Myers attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he majored in African American Studies and was a member of the Experimental Improvisational Black Music Ensemble, under the mentorship of trombonist and professor Jimmy Cheatham.
In 1988 he and his wife opened a family health center in Tchula, Mississippi, located in an area with scarce medical resources and a high infant mortality rate.
[4] In 1994 a group of community leaders from across the country gathered at Christian Unity Baptist Church in New Orleans, to work for greater national recognition of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery.