Five Black students living in Bowie County, Texas, sought to be admitted to Texarkana Junior College which, under Texas law, was open to white students only. They applied to the college president for admission, but the Board refused to admit them because of their race. The students took this case to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The court dismissed the complaint. The students appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The appellate court claimed that the denial was a violation of the laws of the State of Texas and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The students were eligible to attend the college because the Board had not provided them another suitable junior college. The appealed order was reversed, and the students won. [137 words]