Julius LeVonne Chambers Elected President of LDF

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Julius LeVonne Chambers Elected President of LDF, 1975. 8784e707-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/440d7692-5c0b-4efe-9e1b-d8d310c01817/julius-levonne-chambers-elected-president-of-ldf. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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/ADVANCE FOR AYEM WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22/ 

/ADVANCE/NEW-YORK, JAN. 21 ~- JULIUS LEVONNE /CAP L,V/° CHAMBERS 

OF CHARLOTTE, .NeCo,- HAS BEEN ELECTED’ PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP LEGAL 

goto AND - EDUCATIONAL: FUND, “IT WAS ANNOUNCED HERE TODAY BY THE 

FUNDS *S: BOARD: OFSDIRECT ORS. ° HE WILL ASSUME. OFFICE WHEN THE “INCUMBENT 

a PRESIDENT, WILLIAM. Te COLEMAN. URe, BECOMES” SECRETARY OF 

TRANSPORTATION. 

ONC THES MOST: oe ee AND ACTIVE: CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS IN° THE 

sour: MR ~ CHAMBERS ESTABLISHED” THE FIRST“ INTERRACIAL LAW FIRM IN 

H CAROLINA, AND WAS: Ae KEY: “FIGURE IN °THE- LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S 

FIGHT” TO" DESEGREGATE: CHARLCITE’S SCHOOL SYSTEM. CULMINATING FIVE 

YEARS“ OF LITIGATION,” HESARGUED AND WON THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT 

CASE /SWANN V.-CHARL OTTE-MECKLENSBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION/ WHICH IN 

ISTE UPHELD THE USE OF BUSING TO DISMANTLE DUAL SCHOCL SYSTEMS. 

SINCE ESTABLISHING HIS PRACTICE IN 1964, MR. CHAMBERS HOME AND 

CAR “HAVE: BEEN BOMBED” AND HIS OFFICE AND RECORDS BURNED. 

MR. CHAMBERS: TEACHES: CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION AT THE UNIVERSITY 

oF PENNSYLVANIA LAW “SCHOOL, AND IS & MEMBER CF THE BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE GOVERNING AGENCY 

FOR’ ALL’ STATE SUPPORTED SCHOG@S IN THAT STATE. 

HESIS, IW ADDITION, A TRUSTEE OF NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 

UNIVERSITY AND A’ MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL 

COUNCIL, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AND A MEMBER GF THE 

NORTH“ CAR CLINA/VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR-RACIAL. JUSTICE. MRe. CHAMBERS 

YAS GRADUATED FROW NCRTH CAROLINA COLLESE IN DURHAM AND RECEIVED AN 

MsA. DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. HE WAS AWARDED A 

JURTS DOCTOR BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH: CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW IN / 



3a SR Rasen nee Wake: SE 

“1962. WHERE HES WAS: STHE-FIRST- “BLACK EDITOR~ IN-CHIEF.. OF “THE: WORTH 

CAR OL INA Law REVIEWe TN #19 65 5 ~ HE: RECEIVED AN LL.M. DEGREE’ FROM 

: “COLUMBIA. UNIVERSITY SCHOG. OF LAW. 

ARTERY COMPLETING HIS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING HE BECAME THE FIRST 

“OF 79 LEGAL INTERNS ‘GIVEN SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND SUBVENTION BY 

THE LEGAL DEFENSE: FUND», 

MRSA CHAMBERS 1s: “SENLOR: “PARTNER If THES FIRM OF CHAMBERS, STEIN, 

AND; FERGUSON. “MARRIED: ‘TO THE FORMER VIVIAN GILES OF 

KANNAPOL IS;: Ne HEY: HAVE: Two: reese: DERRICK LEVONNE™ 7caP Ly ae 

AND = JUDY. LAVERN®/CAP Ly Whe : 

ESTA ISHED: BYS1 THE: o IN: 1959: THE: CORRECT DESIGNATION IS NAACP 

LEGAL.DEFENSE™ AND. EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. FREQUENTLY SHORTENED TO 

LEGAL: DEFENSE: FUND. THE ORGANIZATION HAS A NATIONAL STAFF AND 

HEADQUARTERS=IN"NEW: YORK=CITY AND WORKS WITH 400 COOPERATIVE 

ATTORNEYS, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY./ 

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/CONTACT J =-NORMAN BLOOWFIELD OF NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND 

EDUCATIONAL FUND. AT: 212-586-8397/ 

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