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Bookmark or Share- A Quiet Hero of Civil Rights History, Vanished in 1939 - The New York TimesLloyd Gaines in December 1938, the month the Supreme Court ruled that he should be admitted to law school in Missouri. Associated Press. By David Stout. July 11, 2009. Lloyd Gaines was moody...
- Legacy of Missing Lloyd Gaines, 1938 Supreme Court Plaintiff ... - KBIAThe U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion on Dec. 12, 1938, ruling the rejection of Gaines’ application on the basis of his race a violation of his 14th amendment right to equal protection. Suddenly, 27-year-old Lloyd Gaines was front-page news. “He became this instant personality.
- Opinion | A lost hero of the civil rights era - The Washington PostLloyd Gaines had just become a civil rights pioneer. Denied admission to the University of Missouri’s Law School in 1935 because he was African American, Gaines sued, without much hope of...
- Lloyd Gaines and His Quest for Educational EqualityLloyd Lionel Gaines applied to the University of Missouri School of Law in 1936. Despite an outstanding scholastic record, Gaines was denied admission based solely on the grounds that Missouri’s Constitution called for “separate education of the races.”
- Lloyd Gaines (1912–?) | Missouri EncyclopediaLloyd Gaines (1912–?) 1. min read. A-A+. read. facebook. twitter. envelope. print. Lloyd Gaines’s efforts to obtain a legal education in Missouri resulted in a Supreme Court decision that marked the beginning of the end of state-sponsored racial segregation. Gaines was born in Mississippi on March 10, 1912.
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