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

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

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.

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 ...

James Ferguson II, who along with law partner Julius Chambers successfully argued for busing as a tool to desegregate public ...

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

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 son Jay Ferguson told the Citizen Times. He was 82.

James Ferguson II, a prominent civil rights lawyer from Charlotte known for his role in desegregating schools nationwide, has ...