Question

What issue was at the heart of Sweatt v. Painter?

Answer 1

Sweatt vs Painter was a US Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy vs Ferguson. The case involved a black man, Herman Marion Sweatt, who was refused admission to the School of Law of the University of Texas.

Answer 2

This is actually a multiple choice question with the following options:

A) Could an African American be denied admission to a law school?

B) Did the state of Texas provide a legal education to its African American students?

C) Was the separate African American law school equal to the white school?

**** The answer is C ****