Publication Date
9-1-2012
Document Type
Book Review
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Sweatt, Brown v. Board of Education, Segregation, Greenhill, Lavergne
Abstract
“Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice” is Gary Lavergne’s treatment of Sweatt v. Painter, an important 1950 Supreme Court decision on the way to Brown. Lavergne, director of admissions research at the University of Texas, tells an interesting and important story that fills many gaps between Plessy and Brown.
Publication Statement
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Recommended Citation
Thomas D. Russell, UT Case was Stop on Road to Brown v. Board of Education, Austin American-Statesman (Sept. 1, 2012), https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2012/09/01/ut-case-was-stop-on-road-to-brown-v-board-of-education/9926833007/ (reviewing Gary M. Lavergne, Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice).