Clifford L. Alexander Jr., a Harlem-raised,
Ivy League-educated lawyer who was a
crusading chairman of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission in
the late 1960s and later served as the first
Black secretary of the Army, died July 3 at
his home in Manhattan. He was 88.
Guided by powerful mentors in academia,
law and government, Mr. Alexander was the
first Black student-body president at
Harvard University, the first Black partner
at the elite Washington law firm Arnold &
Porter and spent his career seeking to
shatter racial boundaries with statesmanlike
calm. Click to read more….
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