The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable U. W. Clemon

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable U. W. Clemon

05/03/2017

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2017.092

Judge and state representative U.W. Clemon (1943 - ) was an Alabama State Senator and served for twenty-nine years as U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and rose to the position of chief judge. Clemon was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 05/03/2017, in Birmingham, Alabama. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 44m 43s

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Clemon, U. W., 1943-

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Judge and state representative U.W. Clemon was born on April 9, 1943 in Fairfield, Alabama to Mose Clemon and Addie Clemon. He graduated from Westfield High School in 1961 and received his B.A. degree from Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama in 1965, and his J.D. degree from Columbia Law School in 1968.After his graduation from Miles College, Clemon was active in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963 and helped desegregate the Birmi...