Heman Sweatt was African American
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Heman Sweatt was an African American civil rights pioneer whose challenge to segregated higher education in the landmark Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Heman Marion Sweatt | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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civil rights activist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appliedTo | University of Texas School of Law ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
NAACP
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Texas civil rights history ⓘ University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1912-12-11 ⓘ |
| caseResultedIn | U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring admission to University of Texas Law School ⓘ |
| causeChampioned |
desegregation of higher education
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racial equality in education ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1982-10-03 ⓘ |
| deniedAdmissionBecauseOf | racial segregation ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
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Wiley College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName |
Heman Marion Sweatt
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surface form:
Sweatt
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| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
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racial desegregation of education ⓘ |
| fullName | Heman Marion Sweatt ⓘ |
| givenName | Heman ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
helped pave the way for school desegregation nationwide
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precedent weakening doctrine of separate but equal in graduate education ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
civil rights litigant
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postal worker ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfBirth | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfDeath |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
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| hasRole |
Sweatt v. Painter
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surface form:
plaintiff in Sweatt v. Painter
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| hasSpouse | Constantine Mitchell ⓘ |
| honoredAt | University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredBy |
Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at the University of Texas at Austin
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surface form:
Heman Marion Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights
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| influenced | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| legalAction | challenged racial segregation at the University of Texas School of Law ⓘ |
| legalCaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| legalRepresentationBy |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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surface form:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenge to segregated higher education
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contribution to civil rights movement ⓘ influence on Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ role in Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ |
| opposed | segregated higher education ⓘ |
| partyTo | Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ |
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