- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with U. W. Clemon, July 17, 1974
- Creator:
- Clemon, U. W., 1943-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bass, Jack
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1974-07-17
- Subject:
- African American politicians--Alabama
Alabama--Politics and government
Democratic Party (Ala.)
Alabama--Race relations
African American lawyers--Alabama
Birmingham (Ala.)--Politics and government
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations
Alabama--Politics and government--1951-
School integration--Alabama--Birmingham - People:
- Clemon, U. W., 1943-
Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Birmingham lawyer and politician U. W. Clemon describes his place in Birmingham politics and the city's continuing problems with race. Clemon discusses his membership on the Birmingham city council, the prospect of George Wallace joining the 1976 presidential slate, and his hopes for the influence of an increased number of African Americans in the state senate.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0006/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:00:31
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
-
