U.W. Clemon

U.W. Clemon is a civil rights attorney at Mehri & Skalet. He was the first Black federal judge in Alabama, serving as the chief judge of the Northern District of Alabama from 1999-2006.

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The Nation’s First Civil-Rights Law Needs to Be Fixed
Section 1981 has been on the books for more than 150 years. But its promise has never been fulfilled.
U.W. Clemon, Joshua Karsh, and Cyrus Mehri
August 7, 2020
Brady-Handy photograph collection / Library of Congress / AP

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The Nation’s First Civil-Rights Law Needs to Be Fixed