Emmanuel S. Clenlans (born c. 1841) was an American civil rights activist and postal worker in Omaha, Nebraska.
[1] In 1876, Clenlans was a part of the Nebraska Convention of Colored Americans, where he was on the committee on resolutions,[2] and in 1879, Clenlans was a part of a meeting organized by Cyrus D. Bell with Dr. W. H. C. Stephenson, chair and Clenlans, secretary to express the political views of the Omaha black community.
H. W. Coesley, Bell, and Gabriel Young played prominent committee roles in the meeting.
The meeting passed resolutions against the unilateral support of blacks to the Republican party.
[7] Along with his postal service work, he owned a business with J. C. Parker, the Coal and Feed store, at 1016 N 24th St.[8]