Nancy Randolph Davis 02/19/2009
Description
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.
| Date(s) | 02/19/2009 |
| Call Number | OSS_113 |
| Subjects | African American experience, Campus life, Student activism, Public education Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, Langston University, Race relations, Segregation in education |
| Interviewee(s) | Nancy Randolph Davis |
| Interviewer(s) | Jerry Leon Gill |