African American Culture
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Herman Marion Sweatt | denied admission to the University of Texas School of Law in 1946- admitted as the first black man at the University of Texas Law School |
| Sweatt vs. Painter | a U. S supreme case that successfully proved lack of equality in favor of a black applicant- granted black admission to UT |
| Texas Southern University | opened as a result of the Sweatt vs. Painter case; created a law school just for black students but it was NOT "separate but equal" |
| July 1950 | First African Americans admitted to the University of Texas |
| Texas Cowboys | This spirit organization participated in minstrelsy and blackface |
| Dr. Ervin S. Perry/Sep. 1,1964 | First black faculty member at UT in what year |
| November 8,1961 | suit seeking racial desegration of all University dormitories was filed in Federal Court- Wed. Leroy Sanders, Sherryl Griffin, Maudie Ates |
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