Guido St. Laurent

Guido St. Laurent (c.1930–November 13, 1968) was an American community organizer, who in the 1960s founded and led N.E.G.R.O., an African American community organization based in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston that provided services to the local Black community and played a role in Civil Rights movement advocacy for Boston's Black community.

After losing his eyesight in an accident in 1960 while serving a prison sentence, St. Laurent found new purpose in his life and focused on community organizing and Black activism. St. Laurent was killed at the age of 38 on November 13, 1968, in a triple homicide at N.E.G.R.O's offices. While three suspects were tried for the murders, a key witness was killed before the trial, and the three suspects were acquitted.

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