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The Charlotte civil rights attorney, whose cases helped desegregate schools nationwide, died last week at age 82.
James Ferguson II, a civil rights activist and attorney, dies at 82. He fought for racial equality, argued the landmark Swann ...
James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide died July 21, 2025 at ...
Charlotte leaders on Monday mourned the death of civil rights attorney James Ferguson, whose work helped desegregate schools ...
James Ferguson II, a prominent civil rights lawyer from Charlotte known for his role in desegregating schools nationwide, has ...
Charlotte historians say impacts of the 1971 Supreme Court case Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education are still ...
Ferguson and Julius Chambers represented the Swann family in a landmark lawsuit against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School ...
James Ferguson II, a pioneering Charlotte civil rights attorney whose landmark cases helped desegregate schools nationwide, died Monday at 82. An Asheville native, he co-founded North Carolina’s first ...
“There was an uproar from those who were opposed to the desegregation of the school, violent uproars. Students were armed, ...
ASHEVILLE - Trailblazing civil rights attorney and Asheville native James "Fergie" Ferguson died the morning of July 21, his ...
The addition of Ferguson-Reynolds gives the Ducks two senior punters in 2025, with Ross James also returning, and filled the ...