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U. W. Clemon

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Fair, Bryan K

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Encyclopedia article about U. W. Clemon (1943- ), Alabama's first black federal judge. Clemon also served as chief judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and before that distinguished himself as a student, a civil rights activist, a lawyer, a state senator, and a civic and church leader.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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  1. African American Civic Leaders
  2. African American Civil Rights Workers
  3. African American Judges
  4. African American Lawyers
  5. African American Legislators
  6. African Americans
  7. Alabama
  8. Civic Leaders
  9. Civil Rights
  10. Civil Rights Workers
  11. Judges
  12. Lawyers
  13. Legislators
  14. Naacp Legal Defense And Educational Fund
  15. Officials And Employees
  16. Segregation In Education
  17. United States
  18. United States. District Court (Alabama : Northern District)

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