He is George McLaurin, the first Black man admitted to Oklahoma University in 1948. He was fΓ²rced to sit in a corner away from his fellow whΔ±te men.
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But his name remains on the honour list as one of the top three students in college.
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These are his words:
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''Some colleagues looked at me like I was an animaI, no one spoke to me, for teachers I didn't even exist, they rarely answered my questions. I dedicated so much to myself that after my teammates started looking for me and teachers started taking me into consideration. I stopped being invisible to them."
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A man from Afar with a beautiful woman from Wollo.
Afar people, also known as the Danakil, Adali, and Odali, are an ethnic Cushitic peoples inhabiting the Horn of Africa.
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A San girl from South Africa πΏπ¦ The San are indigenous to Southern Africa and can be found in Namibia π³π¦ Angola π¦π΄ and Botswana π§πΌ
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The Dibaba Sisters, from Ethiopia πͺπΉ
the fastest family on earth. They are the only siblings in recorded history to hold concurrent world records, and have 4 Olympic gold medals, 2 silvers, 3 bronze and 15 world championships.
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