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Center for Civil Rights

Department of Education opens investigation into UNC after antisemitism complaint

By Julian Hill | January 9

The Department of Education has opened an investigation following a complaint that alleged the University discriminated against Jewish students.

Chapel Hill bus shelter art honors activists and events from the Civil Rights Movement

By Vina Senthil | February 21

History center aims to teach whole history of Civil War South

By Mayla Gilliam | October 8

The Duke University Chapel on Duke’s West Campus, as photographed in 2017, serves as a symbol of the university.

Duke to open First Amendment clinic, offer free counsel

By Anna Pogarcic | February 27

The Center for Civil Rights was founded in 2001 at the UNC School of Law. It was founded by Julius L. Chambers, who became the center’s first director. The center works to end the inequalities facing minorities and low income people. They try to achieve this through litigation, scholarly research and activism.

The current director of the center is Ted Shaw.

Mark Dorosin (left) and Elizabeth Haddix (right), co-directors of the newly founded Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights, pose for a portrait outside the new center in Pittsboro, NC.

Former UNC law center employees continue fight for civil rights

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 14

After the September 2017 UNC Board of Governors vote that banned the UNC Center for Civil Rights from litigating and the abrupt termination of employees ...

Mark Dorosin, managing attorney at the UNC School of Law's Center for Civil Rights, stood and questioned the UNC Board of Governors' decision following the vote to ban litigation at all UNC System academic centers Sept. 8. Dorosin has been terminated from his position at the Center.

Two UNC Center for Civil Rights staff members abruptly terminated amid Center shutdown

By Becca Heilman | November 30

According to tweets by NC Policy Watch environmental reporter Lisa Sorg, UNC terminated the employment of UNC Center for Civil Rights staff Elizabeth ...

UNC Center for Civil Rights plans for the future following the September BOG decision

By Tallman Boyd | November 15

This past September, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation work done by the UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights — which provided ...

Board member Anna Nelson at the UNC Board of Governors meeting Friday.

BOG bans academic center litigation. Future of the Center for Civil Rights uncertain.

By Ana Irizarry | September 10

After months of protest and debate, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation at all UNC-system academic centers Friday.

Protestors march from South Building to Silent Sam during the Solidarity Rally and March for the Center for Civil Rights Thursday.

Students, faculty and community members march in anticipation of Center for Civil Rights BOG vote

By Becca Heilman | September 7

Students, University faculty and community members gathered Thursday to protest the potential Board of Governors decision to stop the UNC Center for Civil ...

Rev. Campbell poses for a portrait in front of the Rogers Road Community Center.

Civil Rights Center's fate in the hands of BOG's Friday vote

By Lauren Talley and Jared Weber | September 6

Though Mark Dorosin, managing attorney at the Center, might lose his job on Friday, he is more worried about what’s at stake if the center closes, and ...

The lone vote: Anna Nelson explains why she voted against a litigation ban

By Ana Irizarry | September 6

Anna Nelson isn’t afraid to go against the grain. With five votes in favor of a litigation ban on the UNC Center for Civil Rights, Nelson was ...

After rallying against the shut down of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, protesters march to Silent Sam to show solidarity with the sit-in.

'It's just flat out wrong': Students and faculty protest BOG litigation ban and Silent Sam

By Natalie Short and Ana Irizarry | August 31

Students donned orange in the Pit Thursday to protest the possible closing of the Center for Civil Rights.

Here's what the UNC-system has been up to this summer

By Danielle Chemtob | August 21

The controversy over the fate of the UNC Center for Civil Rights' ability to litigate dominated the UNC Board of Governors’ agenda in the past few meetings, ...

Center for Civil Rights litigation ban recommended by panel

By Nic Rardin | August 2

In a 5-1 decision, the Board of Governors' Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs voted on Tuesday to recommend a litigation ban against ...

Community protests litigation ban against Center for Civil Rights

By Leah Asmelash | August 2

Protesters gathered on Tuesday outside UNC's Center for School Leadership Development to voice their disapproval for the proposed UNC Board of Governor's ...

Undergraduate senate passed redistricting bill

By Rebecca Ayers | July 23

On Thursday, the Undergraduate Student Senate passed a bill that would redraw senate districting lines and discussed their plans for various initiatives ...

UNC Center for Civil Rights under threat

By Nic Rardin | July 17

UNC Board of Governors will vote on whether to pass a litigation ban against the UNC Center for Civil Rights in early September. The ban would prevent ...

Ted Shaw, the director of the Center for Civil Rights, wants to keep the memory of the founder of the center, Julius Chambers, alive.

The Center for Civil Rights is disputing Board of Governors' claims

By Celia McRae | April 17

Julius Chambers, who would later win a landmark case against school segregation in the U.S. Supreme Court, graduated first in his class from UNC School ...

Judy McAdoo Taylor and Sheila Bailey attended the benefit which supported the UNC Center for Civil Rights. Photo by Alex Kellogg

Concert fundraises for UNC Center for Civil Rights

By Alex Kellogg | April 10

UNC’s Center for Civil Rights took center stage at a benefit concert — part of ongoing efforts to resist a proposal by the UNC-system Board of Governors ...

Previous UNC Law School dean John Charles Boger presents an analysis of Julius Chambers' book at a two part event on civil rights at the UNC Law School.

UNC School of Law holds event to get students to protect Center for Civil Rights

By Hannah Lang | April 7

Students paid tribute to distinguished UNC graduate Julius Chambers at an event by the UNC School of Law that urged attendees to respond to the Board ...