Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr.

Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. ( * November 4, 1924 in Wilmington, North Carolina, † December 21, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was a United States Ambassador.

Life

The parents of Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. were Georgena Owens Ferguson and Clarence Clyde Ferguson, a U.S. envoy.

It was used by the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 in the Battle of Normandy and the subsequent battles in Europe and was awarded the Bronze Star. He worked in the Legal Aid Office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

In 1948, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio State University in 1951 and a Bachelor of Law at Harvard University. 1966 awarded him the Rutgers University is a Doctor of Law, and in 1976 the Williams College a mortar board.

He married on 14 February 1954, the artist Dolores Carpenter, their children are Claire Oberon, Hope and Eve Ferguson. Ferguson was a professor of jurisprudence.

Ferguson spearheaded a UNESCO Declaration on the topic of race, in 1967. Considered one of the fathers of Affirmative Action.

1969 appointed him Ambassador to the Richard Nixon - at-Large (Region Messenger ) for the Biafran war and the coordinator for civilian aid. From 1973 to 1975 he represented the U.S. government at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. From 1978 to 1980 he was president of the American Society of International Law. Ferguson was a professor at Rutgers University and was a 1963-1969 Dean of the Howard University School of Law from 1976 until his death taught and researched Ferguson at Harvard Law School, an annual lecture, the C. Clyde Ferguson Annual Lecture at the Howard University School of Law, as well as the Clyde Ferguson Award from the Association of American Law Schools is named after Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr..