02860nam 2200613 450 991081569890332120200520144314.0979-88-908814-0-31-4696-6930-71-4696-2855-4(CKB)3710000000906661(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661313(OCoLC)960977566(MdBmJHUP)muse53355(Au-PeEL)EBL4525835(CaPaEBR)ebr11286057(CaONFJC)MIL964750(MiAaPQ)EBC4525835(EXLCZ)99371000000090666120160505h20162016 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierJulius Chambers a life in the legal struggle for civil rights /Richard A. Rosen and Joseph MosnierChapel Hill :The University of North Carolina Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (406 pages)Previously issued in print: 2016.1-4696-2854-6 1-4696-2856-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Civil rights lawyersNorth CarolinaBiographyAfrican American lawyersNorth CarolinaBiographyAfrican AmericansCivil rightsNorth CarolinaHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryCivil rights lawyersAfrican American lawyersAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistory340.092BRosen Richard A.1947-1646986Mosnier JosephMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815698903321Julius Chambers3994285UNINA