McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Date	June 5, 1950
Location	Oklahoma • United States
Context	discrimination • University of Oklahoma

Topics

education African Americans Supreme Court of the United States higher education equal protection Fourteenth Amendment racial segregation

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Thurgood Marshall

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Fred M. Vinson

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