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United States v. Wallace  

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  • In United States v. Wallace (1963), Alabama courts revisited an earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision saying that the University of Alabama could not deny admission to students on the basis of race, even when based on preserving social order. The earlier case, Lucy et al. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; United States v. Wallace]

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