“Incendiary Fire Destroys Rights Lawyers’ Office”
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November 3rd, 2008
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The Story Behind The Photos: In this week’s issue of TheDefendersOnline we are featuring the 1971 firebombing of former LDF Director-Counsel Julius Chambers’ law office in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. A fire, believed to have been deliberately set at about 4:30 in the morning on February 5th, gutted the offices belonging to Chambers and his [...]
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