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Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt Thurgood Marshall and the Long Road to Justice - Jess and Betty Jo Hay Series Author: 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 court, and the resulting case, Sweatt v. Painter, went to the...  more » U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in Sweatt's favor. The Sweatt case paved the way for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka rulings that finally opened the doors to higher education for all African Americans and desegregated public education in the United States.In this engrossing, well-researched book, Gary M. Lavergne tells the fascinating story of Heman Sweatt's struggle for justice and how it became a milestone for the civil rights movement. He reveals that Sweatt was a central player in a master plan conceived by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for ending racial segregation in the United States. Lavergne masterfully describes how the NAACP used the Sweatt case to practically invalidate the "separate but equal" doctrine that had undergirded segregated education for decades. He also shows how the Sweatt case advanced the career of Thurgood Marshall, whose advocacy of Sweatt taught him valuable lessons that he used to win the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954 and ultimately led to his becoming the first black Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9780292722002 ISBN-10: 0292722001 Publication Date: 9/1/2010 Pages: 385 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: University of Texas Press Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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