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

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

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Born in Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936-2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the US's leading African American civil rights attorney. In this biography, Richard A. Rosen and Joseph Mosnier connect the details of Chambers's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosen, Richard A., 1947- (Author), Mosnier, Joseph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Legal classics library (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Spinelli's law library reference shelf
UNC Press law publications
Subjects:
Chambers, Julius L > (Julius LeVonne), > 1936-2013.
1900-1999
20th century
African American lawyers > North Carolina > Biography
African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > History > 20th century
Civil rights lawyers > North Carolina > Biography
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century
African American lawyers
African Americans > Civil rights
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges
Civil rights lawyers
Civil rights movements
History
LAW > Essays
LAW > General Practice
LAW > Jurisprudence
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism
LAW > Practical Guides
LAW > Reference
North Carolina
Southern States
Electronic books
Biographies > ^A3346755
Biographies
History > UNAUTHORIZED
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 v. 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
  • Epilogue: an enduring legacy
  • 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 v. 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
  • 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

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