He is George McLaurin the first black man admitted to the University of Oklahoma in 1948

He is George McLaurin the first black man admitted to the University of Oklahoma in 1948, was forced to sit in a corner away from his white comrades.

But his name remains on the honor list as one of the three best students at the university

These are his words:

"Some colleagues looked at me as if I were an animal, no one addressed a single word to me, for the professors I did not even exist, they rarely answered my questions. But I dedicated myself so much, that after my classmates began to look for me and the professors began to consider me. I stopped being invisible to them."

Education has more power than weapons.