Givens v. Woodward

GRAY, Justice.

Appellant, Everett H. Givens, brought this action in the 53rd District Court of Travis County, and prayed for a writ of mandamus against the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, requiring said Board to establish, at Austin, a branch university of Texas for the instruction of the colored youth. Appellant sued individually and as a representative of the Negro citizens of Texas, and alleged he wishes to attend a professional school in Texas for a refresher course in dentistry and dental surgery; and further alleged no such school is available to him.

James H. Carlock…