Holmes, Clarence Leroy

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Dentist, civic leader and civil rights activist in Denver, Colorado. Graduated Howard University (Washington, D.C.). One of the founders of N.A.A.C.P. in Denver in 1915. Organized the Denver Cosmopolitan Club. Served on the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations, the Citizens Budget Committee and the Citizens Health and Housing Commission. Died 1978 in Denver, Colorado.

From the description of Oral history, 1977 May 5 [sound recording]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 39491849

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creatorOf Holmes, Clarence F. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1960. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Alumni Association (University of Michigan), Individual Photographs, ca. 1880-ca. 1960s Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Holmes, Clarence, 1892-. Oral history, 1977 May 5 [sound recording]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
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associatedWith Juanita Gray. person
associatedWith University of Michigan. Alumni Association. corporateBody
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Colorado--Denver
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African American dentists
African Americans
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Birth 1892

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