Williams, Juan,

Poetic Justice. Juan Williams. - New York Times, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 8, Institutions, 1522-3256; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. 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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Marshall, Thurgood 1908-1993


University of Maryland


Actions and defenses
African Americans--Civil rights
Brown v. Board of Education
College integration
Law schools
Segregation in higher education

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