DID YOU KNOW? for June 7 - 20, 2022:  

Did You Know…Professor George W. McLaurin (1887- 1968) was the first African-American to attend the University of Oklahoma, and the plaintiff in the precedent-setting McLaurin vs. Oklahoma State Regents 1950 Supreme Court decision. In the McLaurin case the Court ruled unanimously (9-0) that racial segregation within colleges and universities is inconsistent with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, therefore African American students must receive the same treatment as all other students in higher education.

George McLaurin held a Master’s Degree from the University of Kansas and was a retired professor living in Oklahoma City.  He applied to the University of Oklahoma doctoral program in education but was denied admission solely based on his race. At that time, Oklahoma state law made it a misdemeanor to teach at or attend an educational institution that admitted both white and black students. In their decision the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged that because American society was changing, discrimination based on race had no place in education.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._McLaurin