Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice

On February 26, 1946, an African American from Houston applied for admission to the University of Texas School of Law. Although he met all of the school's academic qualifications, Heman Marion Sweatt was denied admission because he was black. He challenged the university's decision in cour...

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Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies bisacsh
African American college students Texas Biography
African Americans Legal status, laws, etc Texas History 20th century
African Americans Texas Biography
Segregation in higher education Texas History 20th century
title Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
title_auth Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
title_exact_search Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
title_full Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice Gary M. Lavergne
title_fullStr Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice Gary M. Lavergne
title_full_unstemmed Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice Gary M. Lavergne
title_short Before Brown
title_sort before brown heman marion sweatt thurgood marshall and the long road to justice
title_sub Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
topic SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies bisacsh
African American college students Texas Biography
African Americans Legal status, laws, etc Texas History 20th century
African Americans Texas Biography
Segregation in higher education Texas History 20th century
topic_facet SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
African American college students Texas Biography
African Americans Legal status, laws, etc Texas History 20th century
African Americans Texas Biography
Segregation in higher education Texas History 20th century
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