Hall of Fame Inductee
Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr.
Jackson State University
About
Alvin O. Chambliss Jr., a Jackson State University graduate, is a civil-rights lawyer best known for Ayers v. Fordice, the long federal case over funding of Mississippi’s public HBCUs. He has taught and practiced higher-education civil-rights law for decades.
Accomplishments
- Lead counsel in Ayers v. Fordice, the Mississippi HBCU funding case.
- Jackson State University alumnus and civil-rights lawyer.
- Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1995.
Year of award
1995
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Government and Law.