To be honest, the unlikely plaintiff in the NAACP suit was Herman Marion Sweatt, a thirty-three year old African-American mail carrier who was looking to gain entry into the University of Texas Law School. After several years of struggling find suitable plaintiffs in their efforts to desegregate schools, the NAACP found the man up for the task. Sweatt matched the description for the type of person the NAACP wanted to defend since he satisfied the academic requirements and was from Texas. A graduate of Wiley College, a Black college, he wanted to go to law school. Sweatt attempted to register at the University of Texas law on February 26, 1946 and with the NAACP intended to appeal the decision, if necessary. Unsurprisingly, he was a good candidate, …show more content…
With the combination of the Senate Bill 228, and a resolution from the board of director of Texas A&M, both objectives were clear: create a school for African-Americans students who wanted to gain professional degrees. Cleary, the result of their initiatives did not result in an equal school for individuals like Sweatt. As the case dragged on so did the evolution of the NAACP tactics. The famed legal attorney, Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in the shift in their strategies. The NAACP wanted to challenge Texas public school laws, but gained the confidence that they could challenge segregation laws. Now, the NAACP attorneys argued that although the institutions were separate, however, they were not equal in any measure. In the future court hearings the new attorney general, Price Daniel defended the state position on the issue. He tried to prove that the NAACP was truly behind the suit, but could not find any evidence to substantiate his claims. Also, he pointed to the creation of the Black schools, which satisfied the lower court requirements. In the end, Texas prevailed as the Judge Archer denied the NAACP petition on June 17, 1947. Later, both the Court of Civil Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision. With nowhere else to go, Sweatt and the NAACP wanted the Supreme Court to hear their plea. In November of 1949, Supreme Court accepted it. The process of the court cases was noticeably slow, as the NAACP spent well over $30,000 at this point fighting against Texas. The state of Texas would be in the nation’s headlines as there was a challenge to the South legal system of Jim Crow. Scheduled for April 4, 1950 this was the last attempt by the NAACP to argue their perspective. Should they lose, the cost would ruin their current initiatives. Finally, Texas would settle the issue of segregation in higher education for the last