Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1936 - 2013
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Julius L. Chambers papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0085
Abstract
Julius Chambers was an African-American civil rights attorney. The collection consists of files related to his firm's representation of Darius and Vera Swann and other plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts were constitutionally authorized to exercise broad powers to oversee and produce solutions to achieve school integration. Collection also includes...
Dates:
1902 - 1989; 1965 - 1975
Additional filters:
- Type
- Digital Record 8
- Collection 1
- Subject
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- North Carolina 8
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- North Carolina -- Monroe 1
- African Americans -- Education -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- North Carolina 1
- Charlotte (N.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
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