Carter, Elmer A. (Elmer Anderson), 1890-1973

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found: WW in colored Amer., 7th ed., 1950:p. 90 (Carter, Elmer Anderson; b. July 19, 1890, Rochester, N.Y.; educator, Urban League official, editor of Opportunity Magazine 1928-1942, appointed to New York State Commission Against Discrimination 1945)

found: N.Y. Times, Jan. 17, 1973:p. 42 (Elmer Anderson Carter, Elmer A. Carter; d. Jan. 16, 1973, New York, N.Y.; retired as chairman of N.Y. State Commission Against Discrimination 1961; ran unsuccessfully for Manhattan Borough president 1953)

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Carter, Elmer Anderson; journalist, magazine and journal editor/publisher, orator, state government official; born 1890; member and official of the National Urban League; editor of Opportunity, the Urban League's in-house magazine (1928-1945); wrote a book about National Urban League in New York; was appointed to the three-person Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, New York; was the first director of New York State Commission against Discrimination (until 1961); was special assistant on race relations for Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (1961-1963); died 16 January 1973 in New York, New York, United States)