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In 1943, Wilson was accepted to attend the University of Iowa as a student of art, Yet before he was able to begin his college career he was drafted into service for World War II. Under the U.S military branch of the Air Force, Wilson was apart of an "house keeping" unit under highly prejudiced officer who singled out Wilson and the only other black member of the unit. Continuously holding them back from progressing in position, according to Wilson, "to teach them a lesson" Experiences such as these became formative inspirations behind many of Wilson's socially dense works such as Minority Man (1957), which is currently displayed at Binghamton University.