Cox, Clyde Carson, 1911-1969

Clyde Carson Cox was born in Mexia, Texas in 1911. Relocating to Las Vegas in 1941 with his wife and daughter, Clyde Carson Cox would establish himself as a pivotal part of the African American community in Las Vegas. Upon his arrival to Las Vegas, Cox was already a scholar, with a Doctorate in Philosophy from Trinity Hall College and Seminary in Illinois and a Bachelor's Degree in Theology from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He would go on to build a church in the bustling community of the Historic Westside named Upper Room Church of God in Christ, and would serve as pastor, eventually extending the church to 18 churches in total across Nevada. Cox's dedication to the community around him led to him being named to the Juvenile Justice Commission, the Las Vegas City Planning Board, and commissioned by Governor Grant Sawyer as a general for the Battle Born Battalion of Nevada Volunteers. Although Cox would pass away in 1969, his impact in Nevada would continue to be appreciated and recognized, with an elementary school in his name being opened in 1986.