Xernona Clayton
Xernona Clayton was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States on August 30th, 1930 and is the Civil Rights Leader. At the age of 93, Xernona Clayton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Xernona Clayton Brady (née Brewster, born August 30, 1930, in Muskogee, Oklahoma) is an American civil rights leader and broadcaster.
She served for the National Urban League and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became instrumental in Dr.'s activities during the Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King, Jr., died on television, becoming the first African American woman to host a daily prime time talk show.
She became Turner Broadcasting's urban affairs vice president. The Trumpet Foundation was established in Clayton, Ohio.
She was instrumental in the establishment of the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, which was based at the foundation to honor African Americans and civil rights campaigners.
She coerced a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan to denounce the Klan.
Clayton has been lauded by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the city of Atlanta for her contributions.
Early life
Reverend James and Elliott (Lillie) Brewster's twin sister Xenobia were born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Reverend James and Elliott (Lillie) Brewster. Her parents were administrators of Indian affairs in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Clayton received her undergraduate degree from Tennessee State Agricultural and Industrial College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1952. She majored in music and minored in education. Clayton was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at TSU. She is a Baptist. At the University of Chicago, she pursued graduate studies.
Personal life
Clayton was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as the pastor.
Clayton was married to Ed Clayton (who also worked with Dr. King) from 1957 to 1966, and was sadly widowed. Martin Luther King Jr.'s biography was coauthored by her late husband, titled The Peaceful Warrior.
Clayton married Paul L. Brady, the first African American to be named as a Federal Administrative Law Judge in 1974, following her first husband's death. Laura and Paul Jr. have two children from Brady's previous marriages.
Career
Clayton began her career with the National Urban League in Chicago, undercover to look at racial discrimination perpetrated by employers against African Americans. Clayton moved to Atlanta in 1965, where she arranged activities for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. On concert tours, Clayton and Scott King traveled together. Clayton did not march with King because of the fear of being arrested, but he did help plan King's marches.
Clayton, a group of African American doctors who labored for and achieved the desegregation of all Atlanta hospitals, was instrumental in 1966. The Doctors' Committee served as a model for national hospital desegregation, and the National Medical Association lauded it.
Clayton then headed the Atlanta Model Cities project, a federally funded group committed to improving the quality of desegregated neighborhoods. As Craig served in a policy role with the company, Clayton met Calvin Craig, the Grand Dragon of the Georgia Ku Klux Klan, through the Model Cities program. When Craig decided to denounce the Klan in April 1968, he cited Clayton's popularity.
Clayton was the first Southern African American to host a daily prime time talk show in 1967. The show was broadcast on WAGA-TV in Atlanta and was renamed The Xernona Clayton Show. Clayton joined Turner Broadcasting in 1979 as a producer of documentary specials. She spent eight years as Turner Broadcasting's director of public relations. Turner Broadcasting named Clayton Clayton to corporate vice president for urban affairs in 1988, and she was promoted to lead Turner projects and act as a liaison between Turner Broadcasting and civic organizations in Atlanta and around the country. Clayton retired from Turner Broadcasting in 1997, opting to describe the resignation as a "professional transition."
Clayton serves on the board of directors of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. She served on the Board of Review for the state of Georgia's Department of Labor. I've Been Marching All The Time, a title based on King, was published in 1991 by the author. The book was primarily about her life and her views of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Trumpet Awards were established in 1993 by Clayton, a Turner Broadcasting Company, to recognize African Americans' contributions. She serves as the chair, president, and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, which was established in late 2004. Clayton founded the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame in early 2004.