| Title: |
Oscar Mauzy
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Denver. College of Law
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| Collection: |
Sweatt v. Painter: Archival and Textual Sources
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| Description: |
Oscar H. Mauzy entered The University of Texas under the GI Bill after serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Texas in 1950 and an LL.B. from the School of Law in 1952. A native of Houston's Fifth Ward, Mauzy served 20 years in the Texas Senate, representing the 23rd Senatorial District in Dallas, and in 1986 was elected to the first of two terms on the Texas Supreme Court. He also practiced law and has been active in the Democratic Party.
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| URL: |
http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/sweatt/docs/moh.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1996 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Mauzy, Oscar H.
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer; Senator; Supreme Court Justice
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| Document location: |
Austin, TX
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| Document date: |
26-Apr-1996
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| Interviewer: |
Scarborough, Sheree
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Supreme Court; University of Texas, Austin, TX
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| Locations discussed: |
Austin, TX; North America; Texas; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Actions and defenses; African Americans--Segregation--Texas; Austin, TX; Law schools--Admission; North America; Oral history; Segregation in education--Texas; Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; United States; University of Texas, Austin, TX
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0026282-28371
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