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U. W. Clemon at his swearing-in ceremony as a federal judge in Courtroom 1 at the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Bruchac, Edouard

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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.
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1980 07 03
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Birmingham (Ala.)
  3. Clemon, U. W
  4. Courthouses
  5. Courtrooms
  6. Government
  7. Government Facilities
  8. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  9. Judges
  10. Politics & Government

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