Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights Collection 1987-1999

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Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights Collection 1987-1999

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Audio and video material from the Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights, established at the University of Texas at Austin as a way to address racial issues facing African-Americans in the community and legal system.

2 ft.

eng,

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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The Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at the University of Texas at Austin started in 1987 as a way to address racial issues facing African-Americans in the community and legal system. Each year brings a new topic and new guest speaker, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, attorney Johnnie Cochran, and poet Nikki Giovanni. The event is named after Heman Sweatt, the first African American admitted into the UT Law School. After applying to the University of Texas Law School ...

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Jackson, Jesse.

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