State ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

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  • In Charles Hamilton Houston

    In State ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938), Houston argued that it was unconstitutional for Missouri to exclude Black students from the state’s university law school when, under the “separate but equal” provision, no comparable facility for Black law students existed within the state. Houston’s efforts…

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