Little Known Black History Fact – Black America 250: It was January 12, 1948 that the case, Sipuel v. Board of Regents was decided unanimously by the U.S. Supreme Court, forcing the University of Oklahoma Law School to admit Ada Lois Sipuel, the school’s first African American student.

by | Jan 11, 2026

In 1946 Ada Lois Sipuel was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma law school on the basis of her race. Sipuel sued the school, alleging that because the state of Oklahoma did not provide a comparable facility for African American students under the doctrine...