Clarence B. Robinson
Tennessee politician
About Clarence B. Robinson
Lived 1911 – 2002 (aged 90–91).
Clarence B. Robinson (1911–2002 ) was an American educator and Tennessee state representative (1974–1992) from District 28, and was a founder of the Black Caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly. He was the first African American to be elected to the Tennessee legislature since Reconstruction. The C.B. Robinson Bridge over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga was named after him.
Robinson was succeeded as District 28 Representative in the state legislature by Tommie Brown.
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Who was Clarence B. Robinson?
Tennessee politician
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Clarence B. Robinson was born in 1911.
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Clarence B. Robinson died in 2002.
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