Negro Woman Barred From Law School
Ada Sipuel, a young Oklahoma law student, passed her entrance examination to the University of Oklahoma law school. But her skin was black and her application for admission was turned down. In Oklahoma, where it is an o'ffence to admit Negroes to white schools, the Courts held that her admission to the university would be contrary to the “public policy” of the State. The State Supreme Court upheld this ruling. Miss Sipuel, fighting her case on the grounds that she . was being denied the “equal protection of law” guaranteed under the United States Constitution, has appealed to the Federal Supreme Court in Washington. “It is the duty of the State to provide equal education for Negroes and white people,” she says.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 97, 20 September 1948, Page 5
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127Negro Woman Barred From Law School Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 97, 20 September 1948, Page 5
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