J. R. Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va.

Identifier:

045684

Title:

J. R. Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va.

Description:

Clifford served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a graduate of Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. by 1875. He was the first African-American lawyer admitted to the bar in West Virginia in 1887. He became one of the leaders int he Niagara Movement, the beginning of the NAACP and Modern Civil Rights Movement (1905-1906).

Subjects:

Portraits--C.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView