Texas segregation history Historian and educator Merline Pitre was born on April 10, in Opelousas, Louisiana to Robert and Florence Pitre. Pitre graduated from Plaisance School in Plaisance, Louisiana; and went on to earn her B.S. degree in French from Southern University, and her M.A. degree in French from Atlanta University.
When did segregation end in texas schools Merline Pitre (born April 10, ) is an American historian and educator. She is a professor of history at Texas Southern University and previously served as president of the Texas State Historical Association in and
Texas jim crow laws 1960 Historian and educator Merline pitre was born on April 10, in opelousas, Louisiana to robert and Florence pitre. pitre graduated from plaisance school in plaisance, Louisiana; and went on to earn her B.s. degree in French from southern University, and her M.A. degree in French from Atlanta University. she also earned her second M.A. degree.
Merline Pitre is professor of MERLINE PITRE is a professor of History and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences at Texas Southern University. She received her Ph.D. degree from Temple University and has published a number of articles in scholarly and professional journals.
Segregation is the physical separation Merline Pitre frames TSU's biography within the history of higher education for African Americans in Texas, from Reconstruction to the Supreme court decision that gives the school its start. The case, Sweatt v. Painter, involved the student Heman Marion Sweatt, denied entry into the to the University of Texas Law School because he was black.
Merline Pitre, TSHA President, 2011–12.
Merline Pitre, Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: Black Leadership of Texas, –, 2 nd rev. ed. (Austin: Eakin Press, ). Clarence Wharton, Wharton's History of Fort Bend County (San Antonio: Naylor, ). 
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