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A Matter Of Black And White Is The Personal Story Of An Oklahoma Woman Whose Fight To Gain An Education Formed A Crucial Episode In The Civil Rights Movement. Born In Chickasha, Oklahoma, Of Parents Only One Generation Removed From Slavery, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Became The Plaintiff In A Landmark U.s. Supreme Court Case That Laid The Foundation For The Eventual Desegregation Of Schools (and Much Else) In America. When Oklahoma Gained Statehood In 1907, The First Bill Passed By The Legislature Called For The Segregation Of The State's Public Schools And Universities. No One Successfully Challenged Segregation Until 1946, When Ada Lois Sipuel, A Recent Graduate Of All-black Langston University, Applied For Admission To The All-white University Of Oklahoma Law School. Because Oklahoma Had No Segregated Law School For Blacks, She Argued, The State's Official Policy Of Separate But Equal Education Was Illusory. Her Simple Act Of Applying To A White Law School Touched Off A Fire Storm Of Controversy. At Its Center Was A Fierce Legal Battle Waged By Naacp Lawyers, Including Thurgood Marshall. Fisher's Autobiography Reflects Much Of The History Of American Blacks And Whites And Of Their C

Author

Fisher, Ada Lois Sipuel

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585156040

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction