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Heman Sweatt Registers at University of Texas Law School

Category Civil Rights & Social Change
Date September 19, 1950
Country United States

Following his landmark Supreme Court victory, Heman Sweatt registered for law classes at the University of Texas, a defining moment in the university’s move away from racial segregation in higher education.

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