ST. LOUIS – Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation laws ...

ST. LOUIS – Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation laws,… ...

ST. LOUIS – Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation laws,… ...

How Lloyd Gaines’ Supreme Court case changed Black education by: Blair Ledet Posted: Feb 12, 2025 / 09:35 AM EST Updated: Feb 12, 2025 / 09:35 AM EST ...

Initially, the Boone County court and Missouri Supreme Court ruled in favor of the university, but on December 12, 1938, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, ordered the state of Missouri under ...

In less than a year, the Lincoln Law School would be established in St. Louis, enrolling its first class of students. Lloyd Gaines would vanish mysteriously, never to be heard from again.

Next, students view and analyze three video clips that detail the social conditions of the time, Lloyd Gaines’ background, and the legal issue at the center of his case.

One day some three years ago, 24-year-old Lloyd L. Gaines, Negro, bearing a diploma from Missouri's Lincoln University (for Negroes), presented himself at University of Missouri, surprised its ...