Julius LeVonne Chambers Elected President of LDF
Press Release
January 21, 1975

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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 June 17, 2025.
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953 am Se, ay-NYPRSA 7FROM-PR NEWSWIRE=-NYC 212-332-9400/LA 213-626-5501/MIA 305-5 76-5020/ TO°CITY: DESK /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./ 20m Fe ae /CONTACT J =-NORMAN BLOOWFIELD OF NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND. AT: 212-586-8397/ -54—