text: The law required states with land-grant colleges ( such as Oklahoma State University , then Oklahoma A&M ) to either admit African-Americans , or provide an alternative school for them to attend as a condition of receiving federal funds .
simplified: The law made states with land grant colleges ( such as Oklahoma State University , then Oklahoma A&M ) to either allow African-Americans in as students , or provide an alternative school for them to attend . This was required in order to receive federal money .