Bizzell Memorial Library, Oklahoma, United States
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About
Bizzell Memorial Library is a building located in Cleveland county Oklahoma in the United States of America. It is at 35.2080556 latitude and -97.4461111 longitude. Bizzell Memorial Library is at an elevation of 357 ft (1171 m). The USGS map that contains this location is titled "Norman".
Description
National Historic Landmark and operating library on the OU campus.
History
The University of Oklahoma's Bizzell Library is significant for its association with the historical movement to racially desegregate public higher education in the South in the mid-twentieth century and the federal government's position on eliminating racial segregation within a democratic society. The library played a role in a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the separate but equal doctrine, whereby the court ruled that separate but equal conditions were unattainable in graduate and professional education. Bizzell Library illustrates the segregated conditions under which an African American student attended the University.
Location Details
| Type of Place: | Building |
| Latitude: | 35.2080556 |
| Longitude: | -97.4461111 |
| Elevation: | 357 ft / 1171 m |
| County: | Cleveland |
| USGS Map Name: | Norman |
