Civil rights attorney James Ferguson II passed away at 82, leaving a lasting impact on Charlotte and civil rights law.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte community is remembering civil rights attorney James Ferguson, II. Ferguson passed away ...

James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide died July 21, 2025 at ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Ferguson, an Asheville native who was born in the Jim Crow South in 1942, co-founded North Carolina’s first interracial law ...