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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Richard A., 1947- author.

Mosnier, Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights lawyers--North Carolina--Biography.

Civil rights lawyers.

African American lawyers--North Carolina--Biography.

African American lawyers.

African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013.

Chambers, Julius L.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Summary:

Born in Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936-2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960's and 1970's 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 life to the wider struggle to secure racial equality through the development of modern civil rights law.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908813-9-7

979-88-908814-0-3

1-4696-6930-7

1-4696-2855-4

OCLC:

960977566