clinton caldwell boone (9 may 1872 –1939) was an african-american baptist minister, physician, dentist, and medical missionary who served in the congo free state and liberia. the son of rev. lemuel washington boone and charlotte (chavis) boone of hertford county, north carolina, he played an important role in africa as a missionary for the lott carey foreign mission convention and the american baptist missionary union, now american baptist international ministries.