The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the affirmative action case of Fisher v. the University of Texas at Austin, as NPR's Nina Totenberg will report later today on All Things Considered.

The name of a man whose U.S. Supreme Court victory overturned a law school segregation policy now graces another law center _ the Travis County courthouse. Heman Sweatt, who died in 1982, sued the ...

When Fisher v. University of Texas, Austin was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Allan Van Fleet had drafted and filed an amicus brief on behalf of the family of Heman Marion Sweatt, which ...

What is the cost of changing the world? For those who dare, it can be everything in their life, for good or ill. Heman Sweatt put everything on the line for his bid to desegregate the University of ...