On this day in 1958, high school history teacher Clara Luper led the first sit-in in Oklahoma to challenge all-white lunch counters.
On this day in 1958 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today August 19, 2024 Aug. 19, 1958 Oklahoma City high school teacher Clara Luper led sit-ins to challenge all-white lunch counters. Inspired by the success in Wichita, Kansas, the NAACP Youth Council in Oklahoma City, led by Clara Luper, a high school history teacher, began sit-ins to challenge the all-white lunch counters. Luper had spent a lifetime fighting segregation.
A year later, she led a march to Lawton, Oklahoma, that ended with the city vowing to eliminate racial discrimination in all public places. In 1969, she worked with the striking sanitation workers, leading to better pay. In all, she was arrested 26 times for her civil rights protests. In 1972, she unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate.
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