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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.