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Interview no. | A-0006 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.1. Southern Politics: Bass-DeVries Interviews |
Project description | Interviews, 1973-1975, conducted by Jack Solomon Bass and Walter De Vries with political leaders, journalists, editors, party officials, political scientists, campaign directors, union officials, and civil rights leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as part of a study of politics in the South, 1945-1974. |
Date | 17 July 1974 |
Interviewee | Clemon, U. W., 1943- |
Interviewee occupation | Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer |
Bass, Jack. De Vries, Walter. |
Abstract | 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. |
Subject Topical |
African American politicians--Alabama. Alabama--Politics and government. Alabama--Race relations. School integration--Alabama. |
Subject Name |
Democratic Party (Ala.) Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998. |
Citation | Interview with U. W. Clemon by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries. 17 July 1974. A-0006 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | A0006_Audio |