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February 26, 2025
Today in Texas History
On this day in 1946, black activist Heman Sweatt, accompanied by a delegation from the NAACP, met with University of Texas president Theophilus S. Painter and other university officials to present a formal request for admission to the UT law school.
The legal case resulting from this request, Sweatt v. Painter, was a landmark civil-rights decision, one of several that struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal" educational facilities.
Sweatt finally registered at the University of Texas law school on Sept. 19, 1950.
The legal case resulting from this request, Sweatt v. Painter, was a landmark civil-rights decision, one of several that struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal" educational facilities.
Sweatt finally registered at the University of Texas law school on Sept. 19, 1950.