McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria.
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents is a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that segregating a Black graduate student within a previously all‑white university violated the Equal Protection Clause and helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education.
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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desegregation case → landmark civil rights case → |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law → education law → |
| chiefJustice |
Fred M. Vinson
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| citation |
339 U.S. 637
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| constitutionalProvision |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → |
| country |
United States
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| court |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| decision |
state-imposed restrictions that impair a student’s ability to study, engage, and exchange views solely because of race are unconstitutional
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| decisionDate |
1950-06-05
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| decisionType |
unanimous decision
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| educationLevel |
graduate education
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| effectOnDoctrine |
narrowed the application of separate but equal in education
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| fact |
George W. McLaurin was admitted to the University of Oklahoma on a segregated basis
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McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms → McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the cafeteria NERFINISHED → McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the library → |
| followedBy |
Brown v. Board of Education
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| holding |
Segregating a Black graduate student within a previously all-white public university violates the Equal Protection Clause
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State-imposed segregation within the same educational facilities is unconstitutional → |
| impact |
helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education
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helped undermine the separate but equal doctrine in higher education → |
| institutionInvolved |
University of Oklahoma
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| issue |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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racial segregation in graduate education → |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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| languageOfProceedings |
English
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| legalDoctrine |
separate but equal
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| location |
Oklahoma
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| opinionBy |
Fred M. Vinson
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| partyDescription |
involved a Black doctoral student in education
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| partyRace |
the petitioner was Black
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| petitioner |
George W. McLaurin
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| precededBy |
Plessy v. Ferguson
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| precedentFor |
desegregation of public universities
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| relatedCase |
Brown v. Board of Education
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Sweatt v. Painter → |
| remedy |
removal of segregated conditions imposed on McLaurin
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| respondent |
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
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| result |
segregation of McLaurin within the University of Oklahoma was struck down
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| timePeriod |
post-World War II civil rights era
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| yearDecided |
1950
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ("McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms") → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ("McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the library") → |
fact |