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Clay, William L.


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    • Clay, Bill, 1931-
    • Clay, William Lacy, 1931-
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    • found: United States. General Accounting Office. Information on prime sponsor CETA expenditures related to membership organizations, 1981 (a.e.)t.p. (William L. Clay, House of Representatives)
    • found: His To kill or not to kill, 1987:CIP t.p. (Rep. William L. Clay, Sr., D-Mo.) data sheet (Clay, William Lacy, Sr.; b. 1931)
    • found: Bill Clay, c2004:ECIP t.p, (Bill Clay) galley (William L. Clay, Sr.)
    • found: English Wikipedia website, viewed Mar. 26, 2013(William Lacy "Bill" Clay, Sr. (born Apr. 30, 1931) is an American politician from Missouri. As Congressman from Missouri's First District, he represented portions of St. Louis in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st district; In office: Jan. 3, 1969--Jan. 3, 2001)
    • found: African American National Biography, accessed May 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Clay, William Lacy (Bill), Sr.; U.S. representative, civil rights activist, municipal government official; born 30 April 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; graduated from St. Louis University with a B.S. in History and Political Science; attributed his political awakening and activism to when, as an eighteen-year-old (1949) he was falsely arrested on suspicion of abetting a double murder; first foray as a political candidate came when he ran for St. Louis's 26th Ward alderman (1959) and won the seat; along with members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), he was arrested in 1963 following a protest outside the bank, and served nearly four months in prison; balanced his position as an elected city official as well as a union business representative and educational director for a local steamfitter's union (1960s); became the first African American U.S. representative from Missouri; reelected to his seat fifteen times until his retirement (2001))
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    • 1982-11-23: new
    • 2015-12-21: revised
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