Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"Just over two months after the fire at their office, Chambers received news of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in the Swann v. @CharMeckSchools case, the case he argued, which held that busing students to promote integration is constitutional. #BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"Chambers then moved to Charlotte where he would start the first integrated law firm in North Carolina with Adam Stein and James Ferguson. The firm would go on to argue many important civil rights cases."Read on Twitter
"On the night of February 3rd or the morning of February 4th in 1971, domestic terrorists set fire to the law office of Julius Chambers, a civil rights lawyer in Charlotte. #BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
"Chambers was born and raised in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. After studying history at North Carolina Central University and the University of Michigan, he earned his law degree from UNC Chapel Hill, graduating first in his class."Read on Twitter
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