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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.
The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Clayborne, James Franklin, Jr., 1963- interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Haynes, Frank, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Frank Haynes.
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 August 30.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Lawyer and legislator James Franklin Clayborne, Jr. was born on December 29, 1963, in St. Louis, Missouri. Clayborne earned his B. S. degree from Tennessee State University; and his J. D. degree from the University of Miami. He served as a law clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; and he interned with Janet Reno, then Dade County (FL) State's Attorney and future U.S. Attorney General. He moved to Belleville, Illinois, to work in the Illinois State Attorney's office. Two years later, he joined the law firm of Hinshaw and Culbertson. After Illinois State Senator Kenneth Hall died in 1995, Clayborne was appointed to complete Hall's unexpired term representing the 57th District. The following year, Clayborne was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 2009, he was elected Senate Majority Leader. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and Wesley Bethel Methodist Church.
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