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“Vivid, absorbing, and gracefully written, Before Brown explores the human cost of Heman Marion Sweatt’s simple, but
hard-earned, ambition: to get a good education. Gary Lavergne’s gifts as a storyteller bring Sweatt’s journey, and the context of his struggle, alive."
Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly
“Heman
Sweatt is a hero whose name should be enshrined with Stephen F. Austin, Sam
Houston and William Barrett Travis. Like Texas' founding fathers, Sweatt
fearlessly faced evil, and made Texas a better place. His story is our story,
and Gary Lavergne tells it well."
Paul Begala, CNN News Analyst and former
President of the UT-Austin Student Body
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"At last someone has told the story of Heman Sweatt, one of
the great sons of the struggle for freedom and justice, with all the drama and
passion it deserves."
Amilcar Shabazz,
Professor and Chair,
W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American
Studies, U. Mass Amherst
"Before Brown ably captures the
complex, layered interplay of power, politics, and ideology that is the human
drama in Heman Sweatt’s story. Lavergne masterfully highlights key ethical,
legal, and policy issues throughout the book."
Lodis Rhodes, Professor, The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, UT
Austin
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