This case finally began to examine the nature of equal education. Under this ruling the University of Texas Law School had to admit qualified black students because it was found that the state's law school for blacks was inferior. Even with the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education, desegregation of public schools in the United States took about a decade to institute. It took Federal troop intervention in some southern states to create desegregation. Even today, due to segregated living patterns, the public schools often can not be seen as completely integrated.
Segregation continues to be a threat in the United States.
Such legislative initiatives as California's Proposition 209, which makes affirmative action illegal in state institutions, lean towards once again creating an intentionally segregated society.