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Title	Correspondence
Series	Series 2, Correspondence
Digital Collection	Julius L. Chambers Papers, 1964-1979
Creator	Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created	1969-01 - 1969-06
Series Description	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.
Collection Description	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.
Folder Description	Includes letter (January 1, 1969) from an Oaklawn student opposed to busing; letter (March 21, 1969) from Coleman W. Kerry Jr. to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education as "the only Black member" calling for an executive session to "develop our own plan of education that will benefit all of our citizens"; and a letter (June 13, 1969) from the office of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) giving statistics on school desegregation for eleven southern states and nine northern cities.
Subjects--Names	Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013 Swann, James E.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Subjects--Organizations	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
Subjects--Topics	African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina African Americans--Education--North Carolina--Charlotte--History--20th century African Americans--North Carolina Busing for school integration--North Carolina--Charlotte Discrimination in education--North Carolina--Charlotte Education--Political aspects--North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
Subjects--Locations	Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Coverage--Place	Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Box Number	3
Folder Number	16
Language	eng
Object Type	Text
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif
Genre	manuscripts (document genre) legal correspondence correspondence
Finding Aid	https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/464
Original Collection	Julius L. Chambers Papers, 1902-1989, bulk 1965-1975
Digital Collection Home Page	http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll7
Repository	J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Digital Publisher	J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Rights	These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library.
Location of Original	Manuscript 085, Special Collections Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library
Grant Information	Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Identifier	chamjul-ms0085-020316
Date Digitized	2015-03-09
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