Student who was forced to sit in hallway now honored with statue at OSU - Stillwater, OK
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OSU unveiled a statue of the first African-American woman to enroll at OSU
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Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2019
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This statue honoring Nancy Randolph Davis is located in the courtyard of the Human Sciences building. It is on the west side of Monroe, between Hall of Fame Ave. and University Ave. Friends and family attended the ceremony of the statue unveiling at OSU on January 31, 2019.
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An Oklahoma university is honoring a civil rights pioneer.
On Thursday, Oklahoma State University unveiled a statue of Nancy Randolph Davis.
Davis was the first African-American student to attend Oklahoma A&M College, which later became OSU.
She earned her bachelor’s degrees from Langston University in 1948 before enrolling at OSU in 1949. During that time, she was required to sit in the hallway outside a classroom.
Her fellow students complained until Davis was allowed to have a seat in the classroom.
Davis eventually went on to teach home economics in Oklahoma high schools for 43 years.
She died in 2015 at the age of 88.
In 2018, the state named a three-mile stretch of I-35, just west of Stillwater, in her honor.
Type of publication: Internet Only
When was the article reported?: 02/01/2019
Publication: Oklahoma's News 4
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How widespread was the article reported?: local
News Category: Society/People
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