The decision in 1950 by the Supreme Court that banned “separate but equal” law schools in Texas

In Sweatt v. Painter (1950), the Supreme Court ruled that Texas’s separate law school for Black students was not equal to the University of Texas law school. The Court considered factors beyond buildings and courses, including the schools’ reputations and opportunities. Its reasoning became a precedent that helped force graduate schools across the country to integrate, so the best answer is “forced graduate schools across the country to integrate.”

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