| Summary: | Lawyer and activist Julius L. Chambers was born in Mount Gilead, North Carolina, in 1936. He received his B.A. degree from North Carolina Central University (NCCU), his M.A. degree from the University of Michigan, his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina and his LL.M. degree from Columbia University. At UNC, he was the first African American to be chosen as editor-in-chief of the school's law review. After interning with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, he opened what became the first integrated law firm in North Carolina, credited with influencing more landmark state and federal legislation in civil rights law than any other firm in the U.S. In 1984, Chambers became director-counsel of the LDF. In 1993, he returned to NCCU as chancellor, a post he held for eight years. Chambers and his wife, Vivian, had two children. He passed away on August 2, 2013, at age 73.
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