Before Brown [electronic resource] : Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the long road to justice / Gary M. Lavergne.

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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