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legal specialisms
education law
higher education law
cases in higher education law: affirmative action and race-based admissions
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education in society and culture
multiculturalism and special populations
African American education
legal cases
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Definition
- McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (1950), like Sweatt v. Painter (1950), is a landmark case in civil rights law that demonstrated that because the “separate but equal” doctrine was eroding, it was not possible to provide a separate but equal education in graduate and professional schools as well as in K-12 education.Facts of the CaseGeorge McLaurin, an African American man, applied for admission to the all-White University of Oklahoma to obtain a doctoral degree in education. McLaurin was denied admission to the university solely due to his race under a state law that made it a misdemeanor to teach African American and White students in the same facility. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/McLaurin_v._Oklahoma_State_Regents_for_Higher_Education
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