J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

After beginning his career as a civil rights lawyer, he helped usher in an era of African American leadership in the former capital of the Confederacy.

“Many of the low-income individuals I work with are surprised to see an African-American female lawyer. I take pride in being an example to young minorities and showing them that with hard ...