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Heman M. Sweatt
Born
Heman Marion Sweatt

(1912-12-11)December 11, 1912
Houston, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1982(1982-10-03) (aged 69)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materWiley College
OccupationAfrican American Civil Rights Activist

Heman Marion Sweatt (December 11, 1912 – October 3, 1982) was an African-American civil rights activist who confronted Jim Crow laws. He is best known for the Sweatt v. Painter lawsuit, which challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine and was one of the earliest of the events that led to the desegregation of American higher education.

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Heman Marion Sweatt (December 11, 1912 – October 3, 1982) was an African-American civil rights activist who confronted Jim Crow laws. He is best known...

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The Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse is the county courthouse for Travis County, Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas (the county seat)...

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courts, county courts, and other facilities, are located in the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse and other buildings in the Downtown Complex...

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The Little Campus (officially the Heman Sweatt Campus) is a historic district and part of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas. Originally...

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Texas Southern University

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changed to Houston College for Negroes in 1934. In February 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt, an African American man, applied to the University of Texas School...

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University of Texas School of Law

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school was sued in the civil rights case of Sweatt v. Painter (1950). The case involved Heman Marion Sweatt, a black man who was refused admission to the...

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to 1954. In Sweatt v. Painter, the Supreme Court addressed a legal challenge to the doctrine when a Texan black student, Heman Marion Sweatt, was seeking...

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Wiley University

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challenged the segregationist policies of the PGA Heman Marion Sweatt Plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case, Sweatt v. Painter (1950); helped to found Texas Southern...

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Theophilus Painter

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Painter was president of the University of Texas when Texas resident Heman Marion Sweatt applied for and was denied admission due to his race. Subsequently...

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John Burris

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University Law Center 1983 Actions SULC 2011 National Bar Association’s Heman Marion Sweatt Award for excellence in the legal profession, March 2011 Golden Gate...

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William Astor Kirk

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being appointed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. A contemporary of Heman Sweatt he sought equal access to higher education at the University of Texas...

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Thurgood Marshall

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at the University of Oklahoma's graduate school, and Sweatt v. Painter, which was Heman Sweatt's challenge to his being required to attend a blacks-only...

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University of Texas at Austin

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Physics, Math and Astronomy Building; honor Heman M. Sweatt in numerous ways, including placing a statue of Sweatt near the entrance of  T.S. Painter Hall;...

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a two-seater Champion Citabria light aircraft, from which sharpshooter Marion Lee attempted to obtain a clear shot of Whitman as the aircraft orbited...

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Friar Society

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at Austin. The Friar Society was founded in 1911 by Curtice Rosser and Marion Levy. Eight members were initially selected in the charter group. Originally...

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List of University of Texas at Austin alumni

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Hall Cactus Cafe Flawn Academic Center Garrison Hall Goldsmith Hall Heman Sweatt Campus J. Frank Dobie House Pickle Research Campus J.T. Patterson Labs...

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List of Alpha Phi Alpha members

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fraternity; Original Monford Point Marine Heman Sweatt Alpha Sigma Plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case styled Sweatt v. Painter, which successfully challenged...

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