Poetic Justice. Juan Williams.
by Williams, Juan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 8Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | African Americans -- Civil rights | Brown v. Board of Education | College integration | Law schools | Marshall, Thurgood 1908-1993 | Segregation in higher education | University of MarylandDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1930, Thurgood Marshall, a lanky honors graduate fresh from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, realized that the law school he hoped to attend did not accept black students. Though the University of Maryland School of Law was just blocks from his parents' home in West Baltimore, he decided it would be a waste of time and upsetting to even bother to apply. Marshall went to Howard University Law School, a private school 40 miles away in Washington, founded to educate former slaves....But he held a grudge against the law school that had never given him a chance." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reveals how Marshall got even with the University of Maryland Law School when he won a 1935 case against it--a case that became a template for legal attacks on segregation in professional and graduate schools--for its refusal to admit a black student.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Poetic Justice, Jan. 18, 2004; pp. Educ. Sec, 25+.
"In 1930, Thurgood Marshall, a lanky honors graduate fresh from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, realized that the law school he hoped to attend did not accept black students. Though the University of Maryland School of Law was just blocks from his parents' home in West Baltimore, he decided it would be a waste of time and upsetting to even bother to apply. Marshall went to Howard University Law School, a private school 40 miles away in Washington, founded to educate former slaves....But he held a grudge against the law school that had never given him a chance." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reveals how Marshall got even with the University of Maryland Law School when he won a 1935 case against it--a case that became a template for legal attacks on segregation in professional and graduate schools--for its refusal to admit a black student.
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