The legal and education arm of NAACP made concerted efforts in other landmark court cases, such as the Missouri ex rel Gaines V. Canada case of 1938 that saw an all-black graduate student of Lincoln University to be allowed to attend University of Missouri Law School after being denied admission on racial considerations (Tushnet, 1987).
Sweat V. Painter case of 1950 was another important case where the legal and education arm of NAACP continued to press against discrimination of African American in education. Heman Sweat had applied to join a white University of Texas Law School because black law schools were in existence. Thurgood Marshall sued the University for discriminating against the black race in education, where the case reached the US Supreme Court in 1950. The Supreme Court ruled that the University practiced blatant inequalities, and hastily established a law school for African Americans that were separate but not equal. Although, the university admitted Sweat to the University’s Law School given that the Court had found a suitable solution to the racial discrimination practices (Hanushek et al., 2009). …show more content…
Oklahoma Board of Regents of High Education was another important case in 1950, where the University of Oklahoma had admitted George McLaurin to a doctoral program in 1949 but required him to sit, eat, and sleep in a segregated position from the rest of white classmates. NAACP argued that this kind of discrimination had adverse effects on McLaurins academic pursuits, and, therefore, sued the University for Racially Instigated Practices. The court ruled that the university’s practices affected McLaurin ability to achieve his academic dreams, and ordered the university to stop immediately such discriminatory practices (Hanushek et al.,
Sweat V. Painter case of 1950 was another important case where the legal and education arm of NAACP continued to press against discrimination of African American in education. Heman Sweat had applied to join a white University of Texas Law School because black law schools were in existence. Thurgood Marshall sued the University for discriminating against the black race in education, where the case reached the US Supreme Court in 1950. The Supreme Court ruled that the University practiced blatant inequalities, and hastily established a law school for African Americans that were separate but not equal. Although, the university admitted Sweat to the University’s Law School given that the Court had found a suitable solution to the racial discrimination practices (Hanushek et al., 2009). …show more content…
Oklahoma Board of Regents of High Education was another important case in 1950, where the University of Oklahoma had admitted George McLaurin to a doctoral program in 1949 but required him to sit, eat, and sleep in a segregated position from the rest of white classmates. NAACP argued that this kind of discrimination had adverse effects on McLaurins academic pursuits, and, therefore, sued the University for Racially Instigated Practices. The court ruled that the university’s practices affected McLaurin ability to achieve his academic dreams, and ordered the university to stop immediately such discriminatory practices (Hanushek et al.,