What was the basis for the NAACP lawsuit in Sweatt v. Painter?

The NAACP argued that Heman Marion Sweatt was denied admission to the University of Texas law school because he was African American. Texas offered him a separate law school, but it was not equal to the University of Texas program. The lawsuit challenged his unfair exclusion from the university’s law school, making B the correct answer.

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