The Daily Tar Heel recognizes seven notable alumni for Black History Month
Posted Feb 22, 2018
Lawyer and lifetime civil rights advocate Julius L. Chambers graduated from UNC School of Law in 1962. During his long career as a civil rights attorney, he won many landmark cases including Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, which instituted a system to bus-in students of color from distant neighborhoods to integrate Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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