Disambiguation evidence for Heman Sweatt was African American via surface form

"Heman Marion Sweatt"


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