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

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jess and Betty Jo Hay series.
Subjects:
Sweatt, Heman Marion, > 1912-1982.
University of Texas at Austin > History > 20th century.
Sweatt, Heman Marion, > 1912-1982 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Painter, Theophilus S. > (Theophilus Shickel), > 1889-1969 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993.
Painter, Theophilus S. > (Theophilus Shickel), > 1889-1969.
University of Texas at Austin.
Segregation in higher education > Texas > History > 20th century.
African American college students > Texas > Biography.
African Americans > Texas > Biography.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > History > 20th century.
Texas > Race relations > History > 20th century.
African American college students.
African Americans.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race relations.
Segregation in higher education.
Texas.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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