Civil Rights and Society: McLaurin v. Oklahoma (1950)

How the law was effected

This case together with Sweatt v. Painter, marked the end of the separate but equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in graduate and professional education.

How society was effected

-Began to give momentum for the desegregation of all public schools

Outcomes: The Court decision

-SPOTUS ruled the the different reatment of students in public institutions of higher learning solely on the basis of race violates the Equal Protection Caluse of the 14th admnedment.

Facts of the case

George McLaurin was denied admission to the university of Oklahoma to pursue a Doctor of Education degree -After, the University admitted him because he sued -Gave him separate accommodations to segregate him from the white students. -Sued for his Fourteenth Amendment rights of Equal Protection.