About Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.
Lived 1924 – 1983 (aged 59). Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. was an American diplomat, ambassador, university teacher and jurist.
Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. (4 November 1924 – 21 December 1983) was an American professor of law and a United States ambassador to Uganda.
Having experienced the horrors of World War II, as a diplomat he "labored tirelessly to safeguard and extend the fundamental freedoms" essential to world peace. as is the Clyde Ferguson award presented by the Association of American Law Schools.
He wrote books including Materials on Trial Presentations and Racism in American Education, and contributed to US Ratification of the Human Rights Treaties. Together they had three children: Claire, Hope, and Eve. He received a Bronze Star.
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Who was Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.?
American diplomat (1924-1983)
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. was born on 4 November 1924 in Wilmington.
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. died on 21 December 1983 in Boston.
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. was a diplomat, ambassador, university teacher and jurist.
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. was American.
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