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Zacchaeus O. Okurounmu ’63—now known as Olufemi Okurounmu—one of the other Nigerian students selected by Henry, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in engineering. In an interview with The Crimson immediately following Nigerian independence in 1960, Okurounmu said that his academic interests were fueled by “much need” for Nigerian expertise in infrastructure. Okurounmu subsequently served as a Senator in the Nigerian legislature...
...Okurounmu said that the NSA creates a space for celebration of culture, film, and food native to Nigeria—which is especially relevant in light of the increasing number of Nigerian-Americans who are straddling multiple identities. “They might identify first and foremost as black, and then as Nigerian,” Ogunnaike said...
Uchenna C. Nwosu '64 said that he and Femi Okurounmu '63, a graduate student at M.I.T., refused to leave the cafeteria because the manager insisted on serving them on a dirty tray. When the students complained about the tray, the manager, according to Nwosu, told them "You don't get such good things in your home country...
According to Nwosu, he and Okurounmu were arrested when they continued to maintain that they had a right to be served...
Leverett: Nicholas H. Acheson, Stuart D. Anderson, Andrew W. DeShong, 3rd, Stephen B. Farber, Jeffrey B. Gordon, Alan L. Kostinsky, John D. Leubsdorf, Zacchaeus O. Okurounmu, Michael A. Roberts, Joseph J. G. Scanio...
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