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U. W. Clemon
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · 1980
U. W. Clemon , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Uriah W. Clemon (born April 9, 1943) is an Alabama attorney in private practice and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was among the first ten African-American lawyers admitted to the Alabama bar. In 1974 he was one of the first two African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction.
Education
- Miles CollegeB.A., 1965
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D., 1968
Career
Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1969-1980; State senator, Alabama, 1975-1980
Biography
Uriah W. Clemon (born April 9, 1943) is an Alabama attorney in private practice and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was among the first ten African-American lawyers admitted to the Alabama bar. In 1974 he was one of the first two African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction.
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