Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013

Hargett, David

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1997-10-24

1 audio file (23:56) : digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Julius L. Chambers was a 61-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in Mount Gilead in Montgomery County, North Carolina in 1936. He was educated at the University of North Carolina School of Law and Columbia Law School, and was employed as a lawyer and as chancellor of North Carolina Central University.

Charlotte attorney Julius L. Chambers, who represented the plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, talks at length about the integration of schools in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mr. Chambers discusses his clients' successful outcome in the Supreme Court, which mandated that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system take measures to integrate their schools through means including racial quotas and busing. He also explores the social and political ramifications of a reversal of the Swann decision [which ultimately happened in 1999, two years after the time of interview]. Mr. Chambers concludes by acknowledging the accomplishments of the desegregation movement, but notes that more work would need to be done in order to more fully integrate Charlotte's schools.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

College presidents
Lawyers

Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Swann, James E.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
United States. Supreme Court

Segregation in education
Busing for school integration
Trials, litigation, etc.
School integration
School integration--Public opinion
Civil rights
Political and social views

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2000

David Goldfield student project on change in the Charlotte region

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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Julius L. Chambers papers, 1902-1989, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/464)

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