Clarence McKee received his B.A. degree from Hobart College and Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Howard University School of Law and worked his way through college and law school in a variety of jobs including being a railroad dining car waiter, bartender and disc jockey. He served on the U.S. Senate Staff for Senator Jacob K. Javits, R-NY, whom he assisted in writing food stamp and school lunch legislation. He was a legal assistant at the Federal Communications Commission to Commissioner Benjamin L. Hooks, who later headed the NAACP, where he assisted in drafting Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Ownership policies for the broadcasting and cable television industries. McKee held a number of posts during the Reagan-Bush Administrations including serving on President-Elect Reagan's Transition Team and was an appointee to the Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors. He gave political commentaries on WTTG-TV Television's Ten-O'clock News and was a Registered Foreign Agent, media and political relations advisor for the Angolan Freedom Fighters--UNITA -- in its efforts to defeat the Soviet-Cuban backed Angolan government. McKee was the co-owner of WTVT-TV in Tampa, Florida, was appointed by Florida Governors Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist to several Boards and Commissions, and was a Florida Delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention. He is a former Chairman of the Florida Association of Broadcasters, served on several corporate Boards and was inducted into the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame. His Florida based company provides government, political, media relations and media training to clients. He is a Newsmax.com Insider where his extensive writings can be found on his Silent Minority blog (www.Newsmax.com/mckee).
