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Heman Sweatt returned to the Uni- of a less tangible nature. Itwas impos-
versity of Texas at Austin for the first sible for the basement school to match
time in about a quarter of a century the University of Texas in such areas
and said, “This is one of those rare as extracurricular activities, prestige,
instances in the life of a man when it and the positions University alumni
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are invited to preview items at a
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6:30 p.m. followed by the Live
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years later when he returned to the the Jim Crow school was equal to the
university. “I was a part of a social University of Texas. The court ruled
force."that Sweatt’s exclusion was discri-
When the trial convened in the Aus- minatory , Gillette reports, thereby
tin court of Judge Roy Archer in 1947, setting an important precedent for the
a major battle unfolded. Attorney desegregation of graduate and profes-
General Price Daniel and his assis- sional 'schools. .
1211 Joyce St.
Weslaco, Texas 78596
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The Book and Paper Show will also
be at the Marriott.
Mark Trowbridge, Executive
Director of the Texas Historical
Foundation says, “This is a first
annual event directed at raising
funds for an institution whose
leadership as a statewide advocate
for historic preservation on behalf
of local historic associations has
become invaluable to Texas.”
Valuable items from Texas’ past
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The auction will include a Silent
Auction beginning at 1:00 p.m. and Heman Sweatt (second from right) conferred with NAACP attorneys during his
continuing until 7:30 p.m. Guests suit against the University of Texas. (Barker Texas History Center, UT-Austin)
Classes are
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The variety of evening course
subjects offered on the TSTI-Harlin-
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educational menu. It has something
for- everyone from children to
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Women who want to know more
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teachers interested in AAT, and
personal computer owners wanting
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work for them can all learn a lot in
only a few weeks.
A television network morning
special recently called attention to
the variety of short courses
available in New York City but it is
unlikely that they are anymore
applicable than the 46 courses
offered by TSTI to Vlley citizens.
Twenty separate subject titles
offered October through December
include: computer literacy, video
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ation, the only statewide non-profit Sesquicentennial,” : to run in
historic preservation organization, is conjunction with the annual “Dallas
to volunteer as their plaintiff. Sweatt, were inherently unequal. The deci-
a Houston postal carrier, genuinelysion affected schools nationwide,
desired to become a lawyer, Gillette The court held arguments on the
recounts, and filed suit against the Sweatt case in April, 1950. Marshall
university when he was refused asked the justices to consider such
admission because of race. intangible factors as the reputation of
. . "My case was a step in a well-the law school and alumni status and
. Other subjects include cake .planned movement," Sweatt saidassociationsin determining whether
decorating, floral design, sewing, years later when he returned to the theJim Crow school was equal to the
"THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING . . ." Ecclesiastes 3:1, The Living Bible, Tyndale House
He was referring to the years when on the part of the NAACP, which
he had attempted to apply for law leveled a frontal attack on segregation
school and was turned down because per se, Gillette continues in his Quar-
of his race. After four years of litiga- terly article. Association lawyers now
tion, in 1950, Sweatt was the first challenged the "separate-but-equal"
black admitted to the UT law doctrine itself.
school. To prove that segregating students
The University of Texas Law by race was unnecessary, unfair, and
School had long been the target of the unconstitutional, the NAACP enlisted
NAACP in Texas. Since there was no experts in the fields of anthropology,
law school within the state for blacks, sociology, and legal education. The
historian Michael L. Gillette says, introduction of this testimony charted
they were forced to attend institutions a course that the NAACP would later
in other regions on coveted out-of- use in Brown v. Board of Education
state scholarships. of Topeka, Gillette adds.
After the NAACP decided to mount The Supreme Court eventually
an attack on the segregated university ruled in the Topeka case that racial
in the 1940s, association leaders segregation inpublic schools violated
searched for almost a year before the 14th Amendment to the Constitu-
Heman Marion Sweatt came forward tion; that separate education facilities
ORACION AL ESPIRITU
SANTO
Espiritu Santo, tu que me
aclaras todo, que iluminas
todos los caminos para que yo
alcance mi ideal, tu que me
das el don divino de perdonar
y olividar el mal que me hacen
y que en todos los instantes de
mi vida estas conmigo, yo
quiero en este corto dialogo
agradecerte por todo y
confirmar una vez mas que
nunca quiero separarme de ti,
por mayor que se a la ilusion
material.
Deseo estar contigo, y todos
los seres queridos en la gracia
perpetua, gracias por tu
misericordia para conmigo y
los mios.
[La persona que resara esta
oracion 3 dias seguidos sin
decir pedido, dentro de 3 dias
sera alcansada la gracia por
dificil que sea.]
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tants Jack Jacobson and Joe Greenhill Sweatt was admitted to the Univer-
represented the state, while Thurgood sity amid great fanfare, though the
Marshall, James Nabritt, and W.J. day of registration was “terrifying”
Durham argued Sweatt’s case. for him.
In response to Sweatt’s suit, the “I think I was in the law school
state had established a Jim Crow law five minutes before I was pulled out
school in the basement of an office of a. registration line and cussed out,"
building near the Capitol. Although Sweatt remembered.
it had no students nor the monetary He had great difficulty in the law
resources of the University of Texas school and did not graduate, though
Law School, the state’s counsel law professor W. Page Keeton, one
attempted to prove that the basement of Sweatt’s professors, pointed out
school afforded the opportunity for later, "It really goes back to the fact
an equal or “substantially equivalent” that he had a segregated education,”
legal education, Gillette reveals, and that his pre-legal background was
Sweatt refused to attend the basement “inadequate.”
school. (While the case was on appeal But Sweatt had been a patient
to the U.S. Supreme Court, the state pioneer of integration. After his land-
went even further by establishing an mark case, blacks challenged the
entire Negro university, which later remaining racial barriers on campus
became Texas Southern University.) and eventually, all Texas public
The NAACP’s lawyers’ cross- schools were integrated,
examination of the witnesses forced
several university officials to concede This Texas Sesquicentennial series is
that some inequalities existed, Gil- courtesy of The Texas Committee for
lette writes in the Southwestern His- the Humanities, The Shell Companies
torical Quarterly. Besides quantita- Foundation, Inc., and this news-
live factors such as the size of the paper. © Texas Committee for the
library, there were major differences Humanities, 1985,
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 1986, newspaper, October 29, 1986; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1614090/m1/3/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.