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| Creator: | Clemon, U. W., 1943- |
| Creator: | Bass, Jack |
| Title: | Oral history interview with U. W. Clemon, July 17, 1974 |
| Date: | 1974 July 17 |
| 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. |
| Types: | Transcripts | Sound recordings | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Clemon, U. W., 1943- | Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996 | Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 | African American politicians--Alabama | Alabama--Politics and government | Democratic Party (Ala.) | Alabama--Race relations | African American lawyers--Alabama | African American politicians--Alabama | Birmingham (Ala.)--Politics and government | Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations | Alabama--Politics and government--1951- | School integration--Alabama--Birmingham | Birmingham (Ala.) | Jefferson County (Ala.) |
| Collection: | Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement |
| Institution: | Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Contributors: | Southern Oral History Program | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library | Oral histories of the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)) |
| Online Publisher: | [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. | 2006 |
| Original Material: | Duration: 01:00:31 |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0006/menu.html |
