Clifford L. Alexander Jr., a Harlem-raised ... to legal work until President Jimmy Carter tapped him in 1977 as Army secretary. His military experience was scant — he had served briefly as ...

Clifford L. Alexander Jr., whose long career as a ... Act to high-profile roles like serving as the first Black secretary of the Army, died Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88.

Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr., the first African American named Secretary of the United States Army, died this weekend at 88. Alexander succumbed to heart failure at his home in New York City on ...