Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the long road to justice / Gary M. Lavergne.

Author/creator Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin, Tex. : University of Texas Press,
Descriptionx, 354 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports., photos ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Sweatt, Heman Marion, 1912-1982--Trials, litigation, etc.
Painter, Theophilus S. (Theophilus Shickel), 1889-1969--Trials, litigation, etc.
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
University of Texas at Austin--History. --20th century.
Segregation in higher education--Texas. --History. --20th century.
African American college students--Texas. --Biography.
African Americans--Texas. --Biography.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. --Texas. --History. --20th century.
Texas--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

SeriesJess and Betty Jo Hay series
Jess and Betty Jo Hay series. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Prologue -- One of the great prophets -- The cast of characters -- Iron shoes -- The shadow of failure -- The second emancipation -- A university of the first class -- "A brash moment" -- The great day -- "Time is of essence" -- "The tenderest feeling" -- The basement school -- A line in the dirt -- "I don't believe in segregation" -- The sociological argument -- The house that Sweatt built -- "Don't we have them on the run" -- A shattered spirit -- The big one -- Why Sweatt won -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009049278
ISBN9780292722002 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292722001 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292784895 (e-book)
ISBN0292784899 (e-book)