 Tompkins alleged that he was denied equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the rights guaranteed them by 42 U. S. C. Sections 2000d, 1981 and 1983 of the Civil Rights Act to participate in ASU’s All-White Scholarship Program and to eliminate the race requirements.Forty percent of Alabama State University academic grants went to whites.There are initiatives that led to scholarships that resemble the requirement mandated by the court-ordered "white-only" scholarships for HBCs in Alabama.