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Texans for Their Times 167
to the case. Although the association could not contract to pay
Sweatt's educational expenses, Smith as an individual assured him
that arrangements would be made. Nevertheless, before Sweatt
would give final approval to proceeding with the lawsuit, he wanted
first an opportunity to talk with his employer.25
Early in November Durham announced that he was ready to file
the lawsuit as soon as the NAACP executive committee gave him the
"green light." By mid-February the fund totaled $7,200, and Carter
Wesley hinted in the Informer that the suit would be filed within the
next thirty days.26 It was now only a matter of waiting until time to
register for the spring semester.
The climax came on February 26, 1946, when Heman Sweatt at-
tempted to register at the University of Texas. Upon his arrival in
Austin, he went first to Samuel Huston College, where he joined an
NAACP delegation. The group, which included R. A. Hester, Lulu
White, and Dr. B. E. Howell, among others, accompanied Sweatt to
the university campus. At the registrar's office they met with Presi-
dent T. S. Painter and other university officials. Hester, as spokesman
for the blacks, asked what the state had done to provide graduate and
professional education for Negroes. With inferior educations, black
youths and GIs returning from the war were having to compete with
others in the state for jobs. They needed improved educational op-
portunities. When Painter explained that nothing was available ex-
cept the out-of-state scholarships, Hester replied that this provision
was inadequate and unsatisfactory. It not only cost blacks more
money to live in other sections of the country but travel home was
more difficult because of the additional distance. Hester added that
most of those who went away to study in more liberal states decided
to stay there; thus Texas Negroes never received any advantage from
that training. The delegation presented recommendations that Prairie
View be divorced from Texas A&M College and developed into a
vocational and technical college. They also advocated the establish-
ment of a graduate and professional school for blacks in some large
urban center.27
After Hester completed his statement, a dialogue ensued.
Painter suggested that a small beginning ought to be made and then
courses added as demand indicated, believing that a limited graduate
program could be set up by September. The committee refused to ac-
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Barr, Alwyn & Calvert, Robert A. Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times, book, 2007; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296839/m1/178/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.