On February 26, 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt applied for admission to the University of Texas Law School. Theophilus Shickel Painter, the University’s President, rejected Sweatt because he was Black. In May, Sweatt sued school officials to compel his admission as no law school in Texas admitted Black students. The trial court gave the state six months to provide an equal facility. The new school opened the following February, and Sweatt refused to register. The trial court found that the new school offered Sweatt opportunities to study law that were equal to those offered at the University of Texas Law School. The case was eventually appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court found that The University of Texas Law School had more teachers, students, volumes in its library, scholarship funds, and better facilities. Conversely, the law school for Black students had no independent faculty or library, and most importantly, lacked accreditation. On June 5, 1950, the Supreme Court ruled that the two schools were not equal and that the University of Texas Law School was superior in the aspects listed. The judgment was reversed, and Sweatt won admission. He enrolled in the fall but dropped out due to his health and failing marriage. He earned a master's degree in social work from Atlanta University, had a career with the Urban League, and passed away in 1982. [231 words]