She went on to become one of the first African American women to sit on the board of regents of Oklahoma State University. The photograph shows Marshall and Sipuel in 1948, with J. E. Fellows and Amos T. Hall. Sweatt v. Painter (1950) and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950) Rather than admit Heman Sweatt to its law school, the state of Texas offered to create a separate program for African Americans.