After the G.I Bill, HBCUs became overcrowded, therefore, black Americans who were qualified for a higher education could not always get into a HBCU or attend a white universities. A main issue with Historically Black Colleges was that they were underfunded. White universities at the time were given a great deal of funding in order to accommodate for the increase in students. HBCUs were not treated with that same respect. During the war, many African Americans were serving overseas. During that time, the enrollment in HBCUs decreased. Since HBCUs were not receiving a lot of funding from the government, this caused the schools to lose a lot of money, and it became harder to maintain their buildings. And, unlike the white institutions, after the …show more content…
One of the most well-known cases was McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents. George Mclaurin was not accepted to the University of Oklahoma because he was black. The state found it unlawful for a black man to attend the school, so Mclaurin took it to court. On June 5, 1950, the Supreme Court required Oklahoma State to accept McLaurin. This case was a definite step in desegregating schools in higher education. Although McLaurin was accepted, he was still very much segregated from other students within the school. The federal government, unfortunately, allowed the school to separate McLaurin from his fellow classmates. One of the most well-known cases was Sipuel vs Oklahoma. In 1946, Sipuel was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma Law School. Since there were no alternative black law school in the state for Sipuel to attend, she and her lawyers demanded acceptance. When they did not receive it on the state level, they too went to the United States Supreme Court. In 1948, the Supreme Court required the university accept Sipuel. In 1949, Sipuel attend University of Oklahoma as a Law Student, even after the university tried, and failed, to make a makeshift law school at the HBCU of Langston University. These court cases paved the way for other famous cases against segregation in the future, such as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. These cases showed that African Americans had to fight hard to receive the same education as a white American, both in the North and the