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Nancy Randolph Davis, the first African American enrollee at Oklahoma A&M College (OAMC), earned a home economics master's degree in 1952. She talks about her youth in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, how her family came to be in Oklahoma, the value placed on education, and her decision to pursue a degree in home economics. Davis discusses her educational experience at OAMC, now Oklahoma State University, including the challenges she faced with being accepted and enrolled. She also outlines her forty-three years in Oklahoma's Public Education System.