Hall of Fame Inductee
Julius L. Chambers, Esq.
North Carolina Central University
About
Julius Chambers, a North Carolina Central University law graduate, argued Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and later directed the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He also served as chancellor of NCCU.
Accomplishments
- Lead counsel in the Swann school-desegregation case.
- Director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later NCCU chancellor.
- Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2008.
Year of award
2008
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Government and Law.