Academic

Russell on Lavergne on Sweatt v. Painter

By Lawrence Solum

Thomas D. Russell (University of Denver Sturm College of Law) has posted Review of Gary M. Lavergne, Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice (University of Texas Press, 2010) (Austin American-Statesman, October 17, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

?Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice? is Gary Lavergne?s treatment of Sweatt v. Painter, an important 1950 Supreme Court decision on the way to Brown. Lavergne, director of admissions research at the University of Texas, tells an interesting and important story that fills many gaps between Plessy and Brown.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).