George McLaurin, the first Black man admitted to the University of Oklahoma in 1948, was fõrced to sit in a corner far from his white classmates.

George McLaurin, the first Black man admitted to the University of Oklahoma in 1948, was fõrced to sit in a corner far from his white classmates. 

But his name remains on the honor roll as one of the three best students of the university. These are his words: "Some colleagues would look at me like I was an animal, no one would give me a word, the teachers seemed like they were not even there for me, nor did they always take my questions when I asked.  But I devoted myself so much that afterwards, they began to look for me to give them explanations and to clear their questions."