1950 - McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Board of Regents
University of Oklahoma
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In McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (1950), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the University of Oklahoma must treat students equally following admission regardless of race, thereby making separate but equal unattainable in graduate and professional education. Following George McLaurin admission, his admission was still on a segregated basis. He has to set separately from other students in the Student Union and Bizzell Library.
Bizzell Library – Entrance
University of Oklahoma
Bizzell Library – Front Doors
University of Oklahoma
In 2022, my project Structures that Transformed Education was awarded an Artistic Innovations Grant, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arkansas Arts Council. The financial support from these organizations will support photographing and building architectural sculptures of schools that played a role in changing education in America. This grant also supported a forthcoming solo exhibition, an artist workshop, and a panel discussion, at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub.
