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Clarence Dunnaville’s civil-rights work crossed several workplaces
Roanoke childhood appears in a wider legal and business history.
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The recorded life
The Library of Virginia traces Clarence Dunnaville’s interest in civil rights to a racist attack at his Roanoke home during childhood. Its biography follows him through college protests, a law degree and legal work in federal government and the private sector.
In 1967, it records, he volunteered to protect Black voting rights in Mississippi.
Work beyond one role
The account also describes his support for minority entrepreneurs in New York. After returning to Virginia in 1990, he joined Oliver Hill’s Richmond firm.
That sequence places legal practice, business opportunity and access to justice within the same life story, rather than treating them as separate careers.
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Complete biography retrieved October 20, 2026; historical account.
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