McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria.

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U.S. Supreme Court case desegregation case landmark civil rights case

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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Label	Occurrences
McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms	1
McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. canonical	1
McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the cafeteria	1
McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the library	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ desegregation case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
chiefJustice	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ surface form: Fred M. Vinson
citation	339 U.S. 637 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decision	state-imposed restrictions that impair a student’s ability to study, engage, and exchange views solely because of race are unconstitutional ⓘ
decisionDate	1950-06-05 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
educationLevel	graduate education ⓘ
effectOnDoctrine	narrowed the application of separate but equal in education ⓘ
fact	George W. McLaurin ⓘ surface form: George W. McLaurin was admitted to the University of Oklahoma on a segregated basis McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the cafeteria McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the library
followedBy	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
holding	Segregating a Black graduate student within a previously all-white public university violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ State-imposed segregation within the same educational facilities is unconstitutional ⓘ
impact	helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ helped undermine the separate but equal doctrine in higher education ⓘ
institutionInvolved	University of Oklahoma ⓘ
issue	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment racial segregation in graduate education ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalDoctrine	separate but equal ⓘ
location	Oklahoma ⓘ
opinionBy	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ surface form: Fred M. Vinson
partyDescription	involved a Black doctoral student in education ⓘ
partyRace	the petitioner was Black ⓘ
petitioner	George W. McLaurin ⓘ
precededBy	Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
precedentFor	desegregation of public universities ⓘ
relatedCase	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
remedy	removal of segregated conditions imposed on McLaurin ⓘ
respondent	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education ⓘ
result	segregation of McLaurin within the University of Oklahoma was struck down ⓘ
timePeriod	post-World War II civil rights era ⓘ
yearDecided	1950 ⓘ

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → fact → McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. ⓘ

McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. → fact → McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

this entity surface form: McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms

subject surface form: McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

this entity surface form: McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the library

subject surface form: McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

this entity surface form: McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in the cafeteria