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Title Julius Chambers : a life in the legal struggle for civil rights / Richard A. Rosen and Joseph Mosnier.
Author Rosen, Richard A., 1947- author.
Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
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Description 395 pages ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-383) 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 --Epilogue: an enduring legacy.
Subject 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.
ocls civil rights
ocls african american bio
Added Author Mosnier, Joseph, author.
ISBN 9781469628547 (cloth : alk. paper) : $35.00
1469628546 (cloth : alk. paper)