A man received a federal prison sentence for illegally obtaining cattle from farms. Some of the crimes were committed in ...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of his father following a Tuesday morning incident in the ...

NAACP North Carolina State Conference joins the people of Charlotte, the legal community, and civil rights advocates across the nation in mourning the passing of Attorney James Ferguson II, who died ...

The Asheville native played a key role in a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1970 that required school districts to use ...

Ferguson, a partner in North Carolina's first integrated law firm, devoted his career to civil rights and racial justice.

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

C HARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte community was this week mourning the loss of James E. “Fergie” Ferguson II -- a civil ...

Civil rights attorney James Ferguson II, an HBCU alumnus, known for defending the Wilmington 10 and championing civil rights, has died at 82.

James E. "Fergie" Ferguson II, a notable North Carolina civil rights attorney and activist, died Monday at the age of 82.

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

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

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