Sure yeah right, a black guy in the 50s had sooooo much opportunity in the South...
A young WHITE engineer came down to discuss some issues we were having with AC fuel controls, controls that run the engine. He asked me... “what do they use in the stands, water?” i’m not making that up... water?? why in the HELL would you EVER have water in a fuel control>??
So you had to go back 60 years?
Even back when I was in college in the 70’s, if you were black and could do the work, you got a scholarship. They would bend over backwards for a qualified black student.
I have no interest in any school which decides to graduate UNqualified engineers, surgeons, or accountants, just to make some numbers.
And the race of the person in your story was relevant because.... you are a racist?