History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1848 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sweatt v. Painter
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The idea
In nineteen fifty the NAACP took Sweatt v. Painter to the Supreme Court for Heman Marion Sweatt, refused entry to the University of Texas law school.
In practice
Texas building a separate law school for Black students to avoid admitting him.
Where people slip
The Court rejected it, the anchor says: a separate school lacked the intangibles of a professional education.
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