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Chambers graduated first in his class from the University's School of Law in Chapel Hill in 1962, practiced civil rights law in Charlotte, and returned to Carolina in the early 2000s to direct its Center for Civil Rights.
Source: UNC-Chapel Hill: 225 years of Tar Heels, Julius Chambers
Also found in catalogs as Julius L (Julius LeVonne) Chambers.
1936–2013 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
4 works about Julius L. Chambers are indexed here, as are 2 works by Chambers.
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Julius L. Chambers, the attorney and later university administrator, interviewed on June 18, 1990 and published in 2007. Topics include college integration in North Carolina, affirmative action in education, the work of college trustees and litigation involving the University of North Carolina system, matters that ran through William Friday's Chapel Hill offices.
Oral history of Julius L. Chambers, 1936 to 2013, recorded with Renee Poussaint for the National Visionary Leadership Project. The interview ranges over his work as a civil rights lawyer, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, North Carolina Central University and the School of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where the Orange County connection lies. Color digital photographs from 2000 to 2010 accompany the interview.
Remarks by Governor Bev Perdue at a dinner on 10 December 2010 honoring Julius L. Chambers, founding director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights in Chapel Hill. Civil rights, education and leadership are among its topics. Seven images.
Included because: Its title names this person.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Julius L. Chambers, the civil rights lawyer, gave the commencement address at Chapel Hill on May 9, 2004, urging the graduating class to make a mark on society and the wider world. Five pages. Topics include civil rights in North Carolina, segregation in education, and the university's commencement of 2004.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013.
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Picture: Julius L. Chambers, photograph, 2007. Public domain. Photograph by Citizenplastic; via Wikimedia Commons
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