Before Brown : Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the long road to justice /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Jess and Betty Jo Hay series.
Temas:
Sweatt, Heman Marion, > 1912-1982.
Sweatt, Heman Marion, > 1912-1982 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Painter, Theophilus S. > (Theophilus Shickel), > 1889-1969 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993.
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993
Painter, Theophilus S. > (Theophilus Shickel), > 1889-1969
Sweatt, Heman Marion, > 1912-1982
University of Texas at Austin > History > 20th century.
University of Texas at Austin
1900-1999
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.
Ségrégation dans l'enseignement supérieur > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Étudiants noirs américains > Texas > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Texas > Biographies.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
African American college students
African Americans
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race relations
Segregation in higher education
Texas > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Texas > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Texas
Biographies
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • One of the great prophets
  • The cast of characters
  • Iron shoes
  • The shadow of failure
  • The second emancipation
  • A university of the first class
  • "A brash moment"
  • The great day
  • "Time is of essence"
  • "The tenderest feeling"
  • The basement school
  • A line in the dirt
  • "I don't believe in segregation"
  • The sociological argument
  • The house that Sweatt built
  • "Don't we have them on the run"
  • A shattered spirit
  • The big one
  • Why Sweatt won.

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