1971-01

1971-05

1 folder

Julius L. Chambers papers, 1964-1979

Series 2, Correspondence

Files of a Charlotte attorney and his firm, Chambers, Stein, Ferguson, and Lanning, relating to their representation of Darius and Vera Swann and other plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts were constitutionally authorized to exercise broad powers to oversee and produce solutions to achieve school integration, which could include using student quotas as a starting point, and developing new attendance zones and busing policies to achieve more racially balanced schools. Includes pleadings prepared by Chambers and attorneys for the Board of Education at the District, Circuit, and Supreme Court levels; court rulings and opinions; correspondence; clippings; research materials; statistics; desegregation plans prepared by the board and court consultant John Finger; proposed attendance zone maps; transcripts of proceedings; and depositions, briefs, and notes.

This series documents the work of Chambers and his colleagues, particularly of the Legal Defense Fund, in researching, planning, and conducting the pleading of Swann and provides insight into the issues as discussed in the planning stages. Subjects covered include discrimination in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools and elsewhere, affirmative action programs, student transportation and busing, use of federal monies in the school system, and other school desegregation cases, particularly those supported by the Legal Defense Fund. A portion of the correspondence consists of letters from the public, including hate mail and letters of praise, and of routine letters concerning the gathering and presenting of evidence in court.

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

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

manuscripts (documents)
legal documents

eng

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

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Education
Busing for school integration
Discrimination in education
Education--Political aspects
Race relations

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Trials, litigation, etc.

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

Julius L. Chambers Papers, 1902-1989, bulk 1965-1975

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 085

Box 4, Folder 2

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/464

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