Heman Marion Sweatt

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civil rights activist person plaintiff

Heman Marion Sweatt was an African American civil rights figure whose challenge to racial segregation in higher education led to the landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter, paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education.

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Heman Marion Sweatt canonical 3
Sweatt 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
person ⓘ
plaintiff ⓘ
appliedTo University of Texas School of Law ⓘ
burialPlace Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
caseDecisionDate 1950-06-05 ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
commemoratedBy Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at the University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
contributedTo erosion of the separate but equal doctrine in education ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-10-03 ⓘ
denialReason racial segregation ⓘ
deniedAdmissionBy University of Texas School of Law ⓘ
describedIn Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Supreme Court decision Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
educatedAt University of Michigan ⓘ
Wiley College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Heman Marion Sweatt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sweatt
fieldOfWork civil rights ⓘ
fullName Heman Marion Sweatt self-link ⓘ
givenName Heman ⓘ
hasOccupation civil rights figure ⓘ
postal worker ⓘ
hasReligion Baptist ⓘ
honoredBy University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
impact advanced desegregation of public higher education in the United States ⓘ
influenced Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
knownFor being the plaintiff in Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
challenging racial segregation in higher education ⓘ
legalCase Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
legalCaseCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalCaseOutcome U.S. Supreme Court ordered his admission to the University of Texas Law School ⓘ
legalRepresentationBy NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
surface form: NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
memberOf NAACP ⓘ
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableWork Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
opposedDoctrine separate but equal ⓘ
placeOfBirth Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
placeOfDeath Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
residence Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
spouse Constantine Mitchell ⓘ

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Sweatt v. Painter → petitioner → Heman Marion Sweatt ⓘ
Heman Marion Sweatt → fullName → Heman Marion Sweatt self-link ⓘ
Heman Marion Sweatt → familyName → Heman Marion Sweatt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweatt
Heman Sweatt was African American → fullName → Heman Marion Sweatt ⓘ
subject surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt
Heman Sweatt was African American → familyName → Heman Marion Sweatt ⓘ
subject surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt
this entity surface form: Sweatt