U. W. Clemon, newly appointed federal judge, in front of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on 5th Avenue North in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
When President Jimmy Carter appointed him in 1980, Clemon became the first Black federal judge to serve in Alabama. In 1974, Clemon and J. Richmond Pearson had been the first African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction.
Main Author: | Bruchac, Edouard |
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Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/122056 |
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