Efforts are underway to revitalize and repair one of Oklahoma’s most important civil rights landmarks into a community hub. Freedom Center, 2609 N. Martin Luther King Ave., served as the headquarters of NAACP Youth Council. Led by Clara Luper, the group organized a sit-in in 1958 at Katz Drug Store, effectively launching the nation’s sit-in […]
Marilyn Luper Hildreth
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Vital disobedience
60th anniversary march and sit-in reenactment 9 a.m. Aug. 18 Midtown from Frontline Church to Kaiser’s Grateful Bean Cafe 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 405-642-4486 Free The Oklahoma City sit-in movement of the late 1950s and ’60s is known for staying nonviolent as it pressed toward its civil rights goals. But while local protests […]
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Fifty nine years ago, 13 youth and their teacher found courage by taking seats at the Katz Drug Store counter and refusing to leave until they were served
Fifty nine years ago, 13 youth and their teacher Clara Luper found courage by taking seats at the Katz Drug Store counter and refusing to leave until they were served. The action was pivotal to the civil rights movement.