Ruling that created TSU gets another look

Source: chron.com Posted By: Zarah Owens..5197 days ago

Brown vs. Board of Education gets all the glory when people talk about the end of segregation.

But Sweatt vs. Painter came first, beginning with an ambitious postal worker in Houston and leading to the creation of Texas Southern University before ultimately opening the University of Texas law school to African-Americans.

"This was the case that struck the first big, big blow against segregation," says James Douglas, a longtime executive at TSU. "If this case hadn't happened, Brown would not....

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