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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.