Which two major legal victories did the NAACP and Thurgood Marshall win in 1950?

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Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents were both landmark cases in 1950 that Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP won. Sweatt v. Painter struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine and required that the University of Texas Law School admit an African American student, Heman Sweatt. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents challenged segregation in graduate education and required that the University of Oklahoma admit an African American student, George McLaurin.

Which Two Major Legal Victories Did the NAACP and Thurgood