Wyatt B. Turner, longtime civil rights activist, dies
Photo credit: Handout Photo | Wyatt Burghardt Turner, 93, a retired Stony Brook University history professor and founding president of the Brookhaven NAACP, died Jan. 11 in his home in Riderwood Village, a Maryland retirement community. He had been diagnosed with a rare, virulent form of cancer, just days after the election victory of Barack Obama. He had vowed to see his inauguration, but missed it by just 10 days. Newsday's full obituary for Wyatt Burghardt Turner
After decades of civil rights activism on Long Island, Wyatt Burghardt Turner swore that nothing would keep him from seeing the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
He missed by just 10 days.
Turner, 93, a retired Stony Brook University history professor and founding president of the Brookhaven NAACP, died Jan. 11 in his home in Riderwood Village, a Maryland retirement community....
