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J.R. Clifford WV404 Print E-mail
Born 1848 in Hardy Co. A Civil War vet., Storer College graduate, teacher and principal at local Sumner School. Published Pioneer Press (1882), first African American paper in state. First of race to pass state bar exam (1887); argued two race discrimination cases before Supreme Court. A founder of Niagara Movement, a predecessor of NAACP, and its 1906 Harpers Ferry meeting. Died in Martinsburg, 1933.
Martinsburg Berkeley County West Virginia.
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