Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-05-23

AtNaSs AllNSN Nhlilks hlN llllI
white people. You are so far
so much Of what YOU want, Il
we here have almost nothing.
"Dcwn here in Austin, Texas, the
case ~ HSman Marion Sweat has
Us all looking up and singing. You
see, Sweat 10 n nice. sincere little
fellow whom everybody likes and
whose family everybody knows. lilo
II n mail man IN Houston, but he
has hAnksrinR to w to law school,
aud the determination Ia state
which law school he wants to NO 10
aud 10 stick to his determination
through thick and thin, lie said II
was the law school NJ the University
" Texas for him and that he had
u right 10 10 there just like seven
hundred and some odd other Tex.
ans (whitel had, So ho made APP
plicRtion In tho way that all good
Texans make applications to law
schools mot with guns blazing but
quietly and on n piece 81 pRpcr).
lie was not admitted because he
was the wrong color Texan. lie ap,
pealed 10 his people and with their
aid and the NAACP he brought
hia case 20 court. While his case
was coming up the state provided,
what II was considered by Authori.
ties TO be, an equal school Of law,
later 20 be described by the Al.
torney General a. the "niREer law
school" II was one room. four In.
experienced teachers. Sweat did
not apply.
IAN ~ this took up q little over
year and now there will be an
even longer walt before the su.
preme court.
"ln some ways we have won, I
may bc wrong hut I think that In
some wayp we have won. A lot Of
white people In Texas are praying
right along beside Negroes that we
have won this round ~ the fight
and that we will win more,
Attorney General UnprspaTsd
"First there was the Attorney
General. Price Daniel IL his name.
who entered the arena like . true
southern gladiator rAVinR about
the fair name Of Southern white
womRnhood. That was all he had
10 say nc the FIRST hearing. Last
week he came back almost totally
unprspaTsd. He was No sure that
he could run circles around any
Negro attorney. Even his own wit.
neasea were cOckHuTe, the dean II
the Texas school II law was un.
prepared. They were just running
over with sentiment and nothing
else.
Negro Lawyers Cool and Collected
Then there were SweRtta at
torneys. ThuTRood Marshall u the
NAACP, james NRbrit Of Howard
University. Durham Of Dallas, q
Harvard graduate. They were 40
polished. 80 cool, 30 logical, 80 In.
sistsnt on the truth. that even Ia
my untutOTod mind where law IL
concerned. tbs Attorney General
came out n poor second. Now and
then he made a little point and his
little sympRthlIera chsSred him on
but more often they just sympa.
thiEsd.
Press Covers Hearings
Day by day tho newspapers 70.
ported the case with more respect
~ the witnesses became more i'm.
portanl and great men from great
universities ~ the North took the
stand 10 tsEtlfy In behalf Of the
Sweat ease. The case shifted In
meaning from SWsatt's asking Rd-
mittRBcs 20 an equal law school for
Negroes ~ AdmlttAnss 70 the Uni.
vsrHity of Texas Law School. which
meant doing away with SegreKH-
ton IN the higher branches % learn.
ing.
when the case goes W the Su.
Drsme court think that Attorney
GeBsrRl Price Daniel will be- = littls
biz better prepared. You Sss. Prizes
Daniel IL = fitted politician who
studied law, whereas MaTGhAll. Ma
brit, and Durham are gifted Law.
ysrr who have studied some pol.
tiles.
People HIhiblt Great Interest
Il liked seeing the court room
filled with Negroes and whites
CssRrsKatsd 0f eO1rssD. young. old.
stadsbtS from the University. from
Samuel Huston College. from TIL.
iotsOn College. Some u our people
didn't know very much about court
procedure and Whenever the Judge
would ovsrruls an objection Of the
Attorney General they would break
"MaxSetta" MuSica