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 Cloves
Campbell, Sr. (1930-2004)
Cloves Campbell Sr. was born in Elizabeth, Louisiana. He moved to
Arizona in 1945 and earned a B.A. in Education from Arizona State
University. Campbell was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives
in 1962, and after two terms he became the first African-American to be
elected to the Arizona State Senate. During his last year in the Senate,
Campbell became the first legislator in the United States to introduce a
bill calling for a state holiday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr. The bill did not pass, but after two decades of struggle, Arizona
approved a King holiday through a ballot measure in 1992.
Campbell’s community presence included service as a school board chairman,
member of the boards of the Better Business Bureau, the Consumers
Council, the YMCA Youth Center, president of the Maricopa Country,
Arizona NAACP branch, and chairman of NAACP West Coast Region I. During
the late 1960s, Cloves Campbell, and his brother Charles Campbell,
purchased the Arizona Informant
Newspaper. Their newspaper is the only organ in Arizona the
reports exclusively on issues of interest to the African-American
community. “The Informant,” as it is often called, is currently one of
the longest running, and most widely circulated weeklies in Arizona
History.
Source: Matthew C.
Whitaker, Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005)
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Reference Title:
Cloves Campbell; outstanding public service
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION HONORING CLOVES C. CAMPBELL, SR.
FOR HIS OUTSTANDING RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
Whereas, Cloves C. Campbell, Sr. has achieved a
tremendous record of public and educational service throughout more than
fifty years of residence in the State of Arizona. In recognition of his
many accomplishments, the governing board of the Roosevelt Elementary
School District has voted to name a new elementary school in his honor;
and
Whereas, a graduate of Phoenix Technical High School,
Cloves Campbell went on to attend Phoenix Community College and to
graduate from Arizona State University with a degree in secondary
education. He established a successful career at Arizona Public Service
that spanned thirty-three years, and he also served as a substitute
teacher and youth coach; and
Whereas, elected to the Arizona House of
Representatives in 1962, Cloves Campbell served two terms in that
capacity before becoming the first African-American elected to the
Arizona Senate in 1966. Among his many accomplishments, he sponsored the
first bilingual education bill as well as the first bill to establish a
Martin Luther King, Jr. state holiday. Committed to bettering
educational opportunities in the state, Cloves Campbell also supported
legislation to increase cultural diversity in school textbooks and to
establish South Mountain Community College and Gateway Community
College. After leaving the Arizona Legislature, he went on to become
publisher and president of the Arizona Informant Newspaper; and
Whereas, in addition to his public service, Cloves
Campbell has also given selflessly of his time and abilities to various
worthwhile civic organizations. He ably served as a board member of the
South Phoenix Salvation Army Center, vice president of the Arizona
Consumer Council and as president of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and the West Coast Newspaper Publishing
Association; and
Whereas, Cloves Campbell is indeed deserving of
recognition for his many contributions to the community, and the naming
of an elementary school in his honor is a fitting tribute to his
outstanding record of achievement.
Therefore
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the
State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. That the members of the Legislature honor Cloves
C. Campbell, Sr. for his outstanding service to the City of Phoenix and
the State of Arizona.
2. That the Secretary of State of the State of
Arizona transmit a copy of this resolution to Cloves C. Campbell, Sr. |
