Rev. Donald Clark, civil rights activist in Las Vegas, dies at 84

When the Rev. Donald Clark didn’t show up for Sunday services at Life Care Center, his friends sensed something was wrong. In 18 years at the center, he was rarely absent.

They called the fire department to his house on Tonopah Drive, the same West Las Vegas house he had lived in since the 1960s, to find an ailing Clark. He died six days later on Saturday at age 84.

Clark, who came to Southern Nevada in 1952 from his native New Orleans when he was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, made his mark as a civil rights activist. He was the head of the local NAACP, served on the Clark County commission and worked tirelessly for equal rights, including the integration of black workers on the Strip.

Clark, along with other activists James McMillan and Charles West, lobbied Gov. Grant Sawyer and other officials to begin integration in Las Vegas. It became Clark's life’s work — and a duty he wanted little credit for.

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