Sweatt v Painter Essay
In 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt, a African American man, put in a application for a University known as The University of Texas Law School. On the other hand the school wanted WHITES only. Theophilus Painter, the president of the law school, sent him a letter denying his application because of his race. The school also offered to make a University for all black students, furthermore said it would be separate but equal, that didn’t make it exceptional.
So in May of 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt filed suit against Theophilus Painter and all the members of the University's Board of Regents in a Texas District Court. The court denied Heman Sweatt’s suit for an order directing his admission to Texas Law School,