On February 26, 1946, Herman Sweatt, who had excellent academic credentials and met all standards for college admission, was denied admission to the University of Texas Law School because of his African American race. At the time, the University of Texas had a separate law school for African Americans to attend because segregation was still widely accepted in the United States. The University of Texas Law School had 16 full-time professors, 3 part-time professors, 850 students, and over 65,000 volumes in their library along with an excellent reputation ("Find Law"). Meanwhile, the separate college for African Americans had 5 full-time professors, 23 attending students and only 16,500 volumes to study (“Find Law”). The inequality between the two schools was evident, and many applicants began to question the change within the university. Herman, along with many others, denied their acceptance into the segregated college and decided to fight for equal education. Being in the years on the edge of civil rights and the revolution of the 1960s, the students' willpower was driven by the years of inequality in their cruel society. These denials would prove to be the beginning of a long and stressful journey that would eventually influence the decision in Brown v. Board of Education (Cantu). Sweatt graduated from Jack Yates High School, a segregated school, in 1930 (Burns). After graduating from high school, Herman attended Wiley College where he earned a bachelor's degree (Burns). He took the job of principal for a few years when he had just graduated, but soon after decided he still had an unquenchable hunger for knowledge. Sweatt then attended the medical program at the University of Michigan in 1937 for a couple of years before... half the work... tedBurns, Richard. "How disgusting, Herman Marion." Texas State Historical Association. Texas State Historical Association, 2011. Web. November 4, 2011. .Cantu, Ana. “The Legacy of Sweatt v. Painter.” From. The New York Times Company, 2011. Web. November 4, 2011. “Civic Resource Sweat vs. Painter.” Hey, hey. Texas State Bar, 2011. Web. Nov. 4, 2011. “Herman Marion Sweatt.” Travis County Archives. Travis County Archives, 2011. Web. Nov. 4, 2011. “Sweat vs. Painter.” Find Law. Thomson Reuters, 2011. Web. 4 November 2011. .