ISBN:
9780806167220
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 233 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
344.73/0798
Keywords:
McLaurin, G. W Trials, litigation, etc
;
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Trials, litigation, etc
;
University of Oklahoma Admission 20th century
;
History
;
Segregation in higher education Law and legislation 20th century
;
History
;
Colleges and universities Admission 20th century
;
Law and legislation
;
History
;
McLaurin, G. W. 1894-1968
;
University of Oklahoma
;
Rechtsstreit
;
Segregation
;
Rassendiskriminierung
Abstract:
Prologue -- A Tradition of Segregation -- Pioneers on the Road to Desegregation -- George McLaurin Brings the Color Barrier (Halfway) Down -- Twenty-One Months of Hell -- The People Speak -- Mr. McLaurin Goes to Court (Again) -- The Decision-Yes and No -- Epilogue
Abstract:
"Explores George W. McLaurin's two-year battle to gain admission as the first African American student at the University of Oklahoma-the help he received from the NAACP and attorney Thurgood Marshall, the legal maneuvering in state and federal courts to secure his rights, and the segregated conditions to which he was subjected once he was on campus"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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