Omar Blair papers, 1939-2004. [manuscript].

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Omar Blair papers, 1939-2004. [manuscript].

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Includes materials regarding the Denver Board of Education from 1973-1985 (minutes, photographs, papers, and reports). The collection also includes material on the Tuskegee Airmen (videotapes, awards and papers) and personal papers which include information on the Martin Luther King Day Celebration of 1986 and the Blair family. Photographs of Blair's family are included as well as trophies, plaques and certificates awarded to Blair in recognition of his service to the community. Nine items in the collection are on display throughout the Blair-Caldwell Library.

2 linear ft. (2 boxes), 1 oversize folder, 1 oversize folio, 1 audiovisual box, 9 items on display.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7662806

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Blair, Omar.

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Born July 16, 1918. Tuskegee Airman. First African American president of the Denver (Colo.) Board of Education. Led effort to desegregate school system in the 1970s. Died March 25, 2004. Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library (Denver, Colo.) was named in his honor. From the description of Omar Blair papers, 1939-2004. [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52986478 ...

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