Lawrence Hamlar

Biography

Lawrence Harrison Hamlar, also known as L.H. Hamlar or Larry Hamlar (November 27, 1921 – December 31, 2003) was a prominent African-American civic leader, businessman, and philanthropist in Roanoke, Virginia. Hamlar was the first African-American to serve on the Roanoke City School Board as a member and as its school board president. In October 1959, Hamlar co-founded the Pine Valley Golf Association during Jim Crow segregation, becoming a member of its Pine Valley Golf Association Hall of Fame. He was also the first African-American member accepted to Roanoke's elite Shenandoah Club.

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