African Americans -- North Carolina
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 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
Benjamin S. Horack papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0042
Abstract
Papers of a Charlotte attorney relating to his defense of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 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, which could include using student quotas as a starting point, and developing new attendance zones and busing policies to achieve more...
Dates:
1918 - 1984; 1968 - 1971
Charles A. McLean papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0250
Abstract
Collection contains the papers of Charles A. McLean, primarily during his work as an officer of the North Carolina NAACP. Other papers were produced as a result of his business activities or by his family.
Dates:
1930-1982
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals proceedings
Digital Record
Identifier: horaben-ms0042-02
U.S. Supreme Court proceedings
Digital Record
Identifier: horaben-ms0042-03
