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William Justin Carter Sr.

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William Justin Carter Sr.

Birth
Death
23 Mar 1947 (aged 80)
Burial
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.2429861, Longitude: -76.8367611
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African American Baha'i Enrolled as a Baha'i in Harrisburg, PA in 1912

Justin Carter died March 23, 1947 at his Market Street home. He was buried March 27 in William Howard Day Cemetery, Steelton. The Evening News of March 24, 1947, listed survivors as his wife, Elizabeth M. Carter; three sons, Howard A. Carter of Washington, and W.J. Carter Jr. and Thaddeus S. Carter, both of Harrisburg; three sisters, Jeanette Carter, Rebecca Ward and Martha Magby, all of Washington.

One of the early organizers of NAACP. Harrisburg attorney. founding member of the Niagara Group. He was a native of Richmond and an 1892 graduate of Howard University Law School.

Carter taught school for two years at Annapolis. He came to Harrisburg in 1895 and began the practice of law. He lived in all-white neighborhood at 527 Maclay St. and later lived for many years at 1831 Market St.

The Niagara Group's name was changed to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at a meeting held in New York City on Feb. 12, 1909, exactly 100 years after the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

He was a member of the National Geographic Society and the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences. He was received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. He also was a trustee of Howard University, Capital Street Presbyterian Church, Berean Secretarial School, Philadelphia; Chosen Friends Lodge, F&AM, and Omega Phi Psi fraternity.

He also was the owner of an uptown shirt factory, and was counsel for the Golden Gate Wine Co. and a Florida citrus company.

Harrisburg Patriot News 29 Feb 1992
African American Baha'i Enrolled as a Baha'i in Harrisburg, PA in 1912

Justin Carter died March 23, 1947 at his Market Street home. He was buried March 27 in William Howard Day Cemetery, Steelton. The Evening News of March 24, 1947, listed survivors as his wife, Elizabeth M. Carter; three sons, Howard A. Carter of Washington, and W.J. Carter Jr. and Thaddeus S. Carter, both of Harrisburg; three sisters, Jeanette Carter, Rebecca Ward and Martha Magby, all of Washington.

One of the early organizers of NAACP. Harrisburg attorney. founding member of the Niagara Group. He was a native of Richmond and an 1892 graduate of Howard University Law School.

Carter taught school for two years at Annapolis. He came to Harrisburg in 1895 and began the practice of law. He lived in all-white neighborhood at 527 Maclay St. and later lived for many years at 1831 Market St.

The Niagara Group's name was changed to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at a meeting held in New York City on Feb. 12, 1909, exactly 100 years after the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

He was a member of the National Geographic Society and the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences. He was received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. He also was a trustee of Howard University, Capital Street Presbyterian Church, Berean Secretarial School, Philadelphia; Chosen Friends Lodge, F&AM, and Omega Phi Psi fraternity.

He also was the owner of an uptown shirt factory, and was counsel for the Golden Gate Wine Co. and a Florida citrus company.

Harrisburg Patriot News 29 Feb 1992


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