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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

George Henderson

George Henderson Interview

February 01, 2022

One of the people who helped transform the University of Oklahoma community is Dr. George Henderson, distinguished professor emeritus who founded OU’s Department of Human Relations and served as the first African American dean on the Norman campus. When Henderson and his family first arrived in Norman in 1967, they were the first and only Black family to live in town.