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Author:

Rosen, Richard A., 1947- author.

Title:

Julius Chambers : a life in the legal struggle for civil rights / Richard A. Rosen & Joseph Mosnier.

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

395 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Chambers, Julius L.--(Julius LeVonne),--1936-2013.
Civil rights lawyers--North Carolina--Biography.
African American lawyers--North Carolina--Biography.
African Americans--History--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Mosnier, Joseph, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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: the Chambers Firm in the early 1970s -- Epilogue: an enduring legacy.

ISBN:

1469628546 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781469628547 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2016020980

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)