Court Cases

Plessy v. Ferguson

Established that separate facilities based on race were acceptable

Brown v. Board of Education

Declared segregation to be unconstitutional

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

The emergence of the “Robin Hood” plan in 1993

Sweatt v. Painter

held that separate University of Texas law schools for white and black students were not equal

Hopwood v. Texas

Race cannot be a primary factor in determining admission