Question

Which legal case forced the University of Maryland to admit an African American student to its law school? Henderson v. United States Guinn v. United States Murray v. Pearson Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 1

Murray vs. Pearson

Step-by-step explanation:

Marshall was son of a black railroad porter. He was rejected by university of Maryland because of his race, so he completed his studies from Maryland Law School and graduated in 1930. Later he also attended Howard University law school and got his degrees with first rank in the class.

He was pupil of Charles Hamilton Houston. He started practising law at University of Baltimore and sued the university of Maryland for denying his admission on basis of his race. In the verdict the supreme court affirmed the lower courts ruling and ordered the university to admit the black students and declared the segregation in Maryland illegal.

Answer 2

The legal case that forced the University of Maryland to admit an African- American student to its law school was Murray v. Pearson. In 1835, Donald Gaines Murray, from Baltimore, was denied admission to the University of Maryland School of Law on account of his race. The State of Maryland provided a scholarship to black students to attend school outside the state since there was no black school of law in Maryland. However, this action was considered unconstitutional in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment requirements of "separate but equal" education. Finally, the court agreed that the University of Maryland had a moral commitment to admit Murray.