We cannot find substantial equality in the educational opportunities offered white and Negro law students by the State. In terms of number of the faculty, variety of courses and opportunity for specialization, size of the student body, scope of the library, availability of law review and similar activities, the University of Texas Law School is superior. . . . It is difficult to believe that one who had a free choice between these law schools would consider the question close.
–Sweatt v. Painter,
1950
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in this case?
“Separate but equal” schools should be improved in order to be fair.
Some schools can be “separate but equal,” while others cannot.
If a facility is truly “separate but equal,” then it is fair for all students.
A “separate but equal” law school does not provide an equal education.