Oral history interview with U.W. Clemon, July 17, 1974
Subtitle: interview A-0006, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Bass, Jack, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; African American lawyers; African American politicians; Politics and government; Race relations; School integration; Democratic Party (Ala.)
Other titles: Interview A-0006, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with U.W. Clemon, July 17, 1974; Oral histories of the American South.
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.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on March 3, 2008).

Interview participants: U.W. Clemon, interviewee; Jack Bass, interviewer.

Duration: 01:00:31.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Mike Millner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-0006, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Linda Killen. Original transcript: 22 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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