George Frazier Miller

George Frazier Miller (November 28, 1864 – May 9, 1943) was an American religious official and activist. A member of the Episcopal Church, he served as a rector for 47 years and was a founding member of the Niagara Movement. Born in Aiken, South Carolina, when Miller was six his father died and his grandfather, Richard Edward Dereef, helped raise him. Educated at Howard University, General Theological Seminary, and New York University, he was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1891 and became a rector in 1896. Miller was a friend of W. E. B. Du Bois and was among the founders of the Niagara Movement in 1906. He was a Socialist candidate for United States House of Representatives in 1918. He was a member of two delegations to President Woodrow Wilson, one requesting that lynching become a federal crime and the other requesting that clemency be given to members of the 24th Infantry Regiment in relation to the Houston riot of 1917.