LEADER 02830nam 2200601 450 001 9910465969603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-2855-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000906661 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4525835 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661313 035 $a(OCoLC)960977566 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4525835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11286057 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL964750 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000906661 100 $a20160505h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aJulius Chambers $ea life in the legal struggle for civil rights /$fRichard A. Rosen and Joseph Mosnier 210 1$aChapel Hill :$cThe University of North Carolina Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (406 pages) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a1-4696-2854-6 311 $a1-4696-2856-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChild 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. 330 8 $aBorn 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. 606 $aCivil rights lawyers$zNorth Carolina$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American lawyers$zNorth Carolina$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zNorth Carolina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zSouthern States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil rights lawyers 615 0$aAfrican American lawyers 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 676 $a340.092 676 $aB 700 $aRosen$b Richard A.$f1947-$01053396 702 $aMosnier$b Joseph 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465969603321 996 $aJulius Chambers$92485261 997 $aUNINA