U. W. Clemon, city council candidate in Birmingham, Alabama.
In 1974 Clemon and J. Richmond Pearson were the first African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction. President Jimmy Carter appointed Clemon as a federal judge in 1980.
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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/19023 |
| Summary: | In 1974 Clemon and J. Richmond Pearson were the first African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction. President Jimmy Carter appointed Clemon as a federal judge in 1980. |
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