Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Julius Chambers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Richard A. Rosen and Joseph Mosnier

Sub title

a life in the legal struggle for civil rights

Summary

"A powerful biography of the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney in the 1960s and 1970s connects the details of his life to the wider struggle to secure racial equality through the development of modern civil rights law." --, Provided by publisher

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Life in the legal struggle for civil rights

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