Charlotte historians say impacts of the 1971 Supreme Court case Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education are still ...

James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide, has died. He was 82 ...

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 ...

A local civil rights attorney, James Ferguson II, has passed away. He was 82. His long legal career paved the way for others ...

ASHEVILLE - Trailblazing civil rights attorney and Asheville native James "Fergie" Ferguson died the morning of July 21, his ...

Here's a timeline of Ferguson's activism, drawn from Charlotte Observer archives, his biography on the Ferguson, Chambers & ...

James Ferguson II co-founded North Carolina’s first interracial law firm, was instrumental in the landmark Swann v. Charlotte ...

The law firm was known as a leader in the area of civil rights, voting, employment, criminal personal injury, medical ...

Ferguson and Julius Chambers represented the Swann family in a landmark lawsuit against the Charlotte Mecklenburg School ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte community is remembering civil rights attorney James Ferguson, II. Ferguson passed away Monday at 82-years-old after a battle with COVID and other illnesses.

Ferguson, who was born in Asheville, was a key figure in the desegregation of Charlotte schools in the late 1960s.