George McLaurin, was the first black to be admitted into the University of Oklahoma in 1948. He was asked to be sitting in a corner far from his white classmates. He worked hard to be one of the three best students of the university.

This is what he said: "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."