Clemon, U. W., 1943-

Authoritative Name:

Clemon, U. W., 1943-

Biography:

"U. W. Clemon (1943- ), Alabama's first black federal judge, also served as chief judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Long before his notable career on the federal bench, however, Clemon had distinguished himself as a student, a civil rights activist, a lawyer, a state senator, and a civic and church leader." ("U. W. Clemon" Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved August 28, 2008. http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/.)

Associated Subjects:

Clemon, U. W., 1943-

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

4 items in 4 collections (expand all)

Students from Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, participating in a sit-in at the Birmingham Public Library.

Date of Original:: 1963-04-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Photographs of U. W. Clemon, cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1970/1979
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

U. W. Clemon

Creator:: Fair, Bryan K.
Date of Original:: 2008-08-11
Collection:: Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Oral history interview with U. W. Clemon, July 17, 1974

Creator:: Clemon, U. W., 1943-
Date of Original:: 1974-07-17
Collection:: Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)