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Sweatt v. Painter  

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  • In Sweatt v. Painter (1950), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) built a pivotal case in the history of school segregation. Sweatt represents the first time the Court ordered a traditionally White university to admit an African American student instead of sending him to an African American university. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Sweatt v. Painter]

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  • 1950

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