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Julius Chambers : a life in the legal struggle for civil rights /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosen, Richard A., 1947- (Author), Mosnier, Joseph (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Spinelli's law library reference shelf.
UNC Press law publications.
Civil rights and social justice.
Subjects:
Chambers, Julius L. > (Julius LeVonne), > 1936-2013.
Civil rights lawyers > North Carolina > Biography.
African American lawyers > North Carolina > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Child of the Jim Crow South
  • Julius Chambers emerges
  • Julius Chambers in New York
  • Launching the North Carolina campaign, 1964-1965
  • Changing Charlotte
  • Fighting the uneven battle: the YMCA cases and Wooten volume Moore
  • Creating LDF South
  • Taking charge in North Carolina
  • School desegregation and the Swann case
  • Opening up the workplace: the Title VII campaign
  • Taking on the struggle: the Chambers firm in the criminal courts
  • Securing the foundation: the Chambers firm in the early 1970s
  • Epilogue: an enduring legacy.