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02638aam a2200457 i 4500 001 96C6A950403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201217010015 008 200224s2020 okua b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2020008300 020 $a 080616722X 020 $a 9780806167220 035 $a (OCoLC)1145908424 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ok 050 00 $a KF228.M3925 $b L48 2020 100 1 $a Levy, David W., $d 1937- $e author. 245 10 $a Breaking down barriers : $b George Mclaurin and the struggle to end segregated education / $c David W. Levy. 264 1 $a Norman : $b University of Oklahoma Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xii, 233 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a McLaurin, G. W. $x Trials, litigation, etc. 610 20 $a Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education $x Trials, litigation, etc. 610 20 $a University of Oklahoma $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 27 $a Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00539640 610 27 $a University of Oklahoma. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00528922 650 0 $a Segregation in higher education $x History $z Oklahoma $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Universities and colleges $x History $x Law and legislation $z Oklahoma $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Segregation in higher education $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01111232 650 7 $a Trials. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01156290 650 7 $a Universities and colleges $x Admission. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01161621 651 7 $a Oklahoma. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205031 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 653 $a McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950) 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721015020.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96C6A950403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search