Heman Marion Sweatt
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 42 years ago |
Date of birth | December 11,1912 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Houston |
Texas | |
United States | |
Died | Atlanta |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 3,1982 |
Education | Wiley College |
University of Michigan | |
Children | Hemella Sweatt |
Parents | James Leonard Sweatt |
Ella Rose Perry | |
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ID | 4013524 |
Heman Marion Sweatt Life story
Heman Marion Sweatt was an African-American civil rights activist who confronted Jim Crow laws. He is best known for the Sweatt v. Painter lawsuit, which challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine and was one of the earliest of the events that led to the desegregation of American higher education.