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''Lucy v. Adams'', 350 U.S. 1 (1955), was a
U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
case that successfully established the right of all citizens to be accepted as students at the
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. The case involved
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citizens
Autherine Lucy Autherine Juanita Lucy (October 5, 1929 – March 2, 2022) was an American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, in 1956. Her expulsion from the institution later that year led to the university' ...
and Polly Anne Myers, who were refused admission to the University of Alabama solely on account of their race or color. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court decision, saying that it enjoins and restrains the respondent and others designated from denying these petitioners, solely on account of their race or color, the right to enroll in the University of Alabama and pursue courses of study there.


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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 350 This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court ca ...
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Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma ''Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma'', 332 U.S. 631 (1948), is a ''per curiam'' United States Supreme Court decision involving racial segregation toward African Americans by the University of Oklahoma and the application of ...
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents __NOTOC__ ''McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents'', 339 U.S. 637 (1950), was a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case that prohibited racial segregation in state supported graduate or professional education.. The unani ...
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