St. Clair County native Clarence Cason (1896-1935) was the founder of the journalism department at the University of Alabama and the inspiration behind the Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing, given annually to a distinguished Alabama journalist.
Clarence Cason
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Courtesy of W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama Libraries
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