Clarence Cason
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Brief Biography
Clarence Cason was born and raised in Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1917 before enlisting in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Cason worked as a journalist for several newspapers, including The New York Times. Cason earned his master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin and accepted a position teaching journalism at the University of Minnesota, during which he published a journalism style book. He eventually returned to the University of Alabama to establish the Department of Journalism and continued to write essays for national publications. He used essays he had written about the South as a starting point for his book 90° in the Shade. Cason committed suicide in 1935, just before the publication of 90 in the Shade.
Publications
90 Degrees in The Shade. Connecticut; Negro Universities Press, 1970.
Themes
Clarence Cason wrote essays and published a collection of essays. Themes in his works include race, the South, and the working class.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Cason, Clarence, “Clarence Cason,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/553.