and the new judge, he had just been appointed recently, was lamar cecil. se in the courtroom here. they brought the plaintiffs and the defendants together, and judge cecil presided at his bench. and they argued that the case of brown versus board of education did apply to the golf course, even though it was an education and school course. he ruled in favor of the black plaintiffs. he said that brown versus the board of education does apply to this golf course and he ordered the desegregation of the terrell golf course. that was one small step that was taken here in beaumont to begin the desegregation. booker faison and joe griffin and those other black gentlemen did get to enjoy the golf course, and many of them played here for many years. it was a good ending for the black golfers and a first step in the desegregation of facilities in beaumont. the next summer, the same three black lawyers went after a bigger prize. they went after the desegregation of lamar university here in beaumont, a state university four-year college. lamar university was by charter

. >> we're in courtroom number one, which was the courtroom in which judge lamar cecil presided. i think 1954 through '58. in this courtroom, he made two decisions with respect to desegregation in bow month. there had been the famous case, brown versus board of education which ordered desegregation of public schools, ruled separate but equal was not constitutional. and so based on that, there were cases around the united states challenging the jim crow segregation systeming like americans were barred from hotels, restaurants and cafes, golf courses. and in beaumont, texas, black golfers were barred from playing at terrele park public golf course here in beaumont, it was a municipal golf course. black americans, black beaumonters could work there and caddie there, and they could play there when the course was close the but because of their color, because of jim crow's segregation, they were not permitted to play there when the course was open. there were six black golfer whose put together a challenge tosegregation. booker face and joe griffin and bill johnny parker and earl black