In just a few sentences Marshall crystallized his argument for the Court. Emotional but reserved, the lawyer stood before the justices and “employed a rhetoric with persuasive force beyond its basic ideas.” Marshall said: The rights of Sweatt to attend the University of Texas cannot be conditioned upon the wishes of any group of citizens. It matters not to me whether every single Negro in this country wants segregated schools. It makes no difference whether every white person wants segregated schools. If Sweatt wants to assert his individual, constitutional right, it cannot be conditioned
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