Birmingham honored U.W. Clemon with its “Putting People First” award.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin , CBS 42 news anchor Sherri Jackson, retired federal judge U.W. Clemon , U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell , and Ja’Nise Gentry, the Alabama director for Woke Vote, pose for a photo during AWAKEN on Oct. 25, 2024. U.W. Clemon , Alabama’s first Black federal judge and former state senator, is urging voters to go to the polls in this upcoming election.
“I’ve seen the power of the vote when it resulted in the election of the first Black mayor of Birmingham. And when Jimmy Carter was uncertain about whether he wanted to appoint me to the federal judgeship. My client Richard Arrington contacted the White House and said he wouldn’t make up his mind about whom to support for the presidency between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter until Jimmy Carter decided which person he would appoint to the first Black federal judgeship of Alabama.
“I would say the best thing that I would do when I’m in the streets is getting to see the connection about why they vote. Most people will say ‘That’s the presidential election, that’s not really going to effect me.’ But I don’t think most people have even looked at the sample ballots that are out right now,” said Gentry. “There are Congress people that are out right now and senators on that ballot. And school board amendments that are on that ballot that affect them locally.
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