In the summer of 1958, a small group of Black students led by teacher Clara Luper walked into Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City and quietly took their seats at the lunch counter. Their request ...

Marilyn Luper Hildreth recalls the struggle of desegregating public spaces in 1950s Oklahoma City, beginning with sit-in protests at Katz Drug Store. In Oklahoma City in the late 1950s, schools had ...

Later this Fall, Oklahoma City will dedicate a new plaza in the heart of downtown, commemorating the historic Katz Drug Store sit-ins from 1958. The plaza at Robinson and Main Street will include 13 ...

A monument dedicated to a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement is now complete in downtown OKC. The life-sized bronze sculpture captures a scene from the Katz Drug Store Sit-In that happened in ...

A sculpture that depicts the start of the historic Oklahoma City sit-in movement was lifted by crane and installed at a downtown site on Monday. The 8,000 pound bronze sculpture traveled from ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The life and legacy of Clara Shepard Luper will be on full display in the heart of downtown. A monument is being made in her honor to commemorate the Katz Drug Store sit-in, ...

It was Aug. 19, 1958, and segregation was common in Oklahoma City, as it was across the South. High school history teacher Clara Luper was 35 and a mother of three. Active in the Civil Rights Movement ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A new memorial located in downtown Oklahoma City honors the nation's first civil rights sit-in and civil rights leader Clara Luper. Last month, a new statue honoring Clara Luper was ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The monument in Downtown Oklahoma City depicting the historic sit-in at Katz Drug Store has undergone repairs after being vandalized last month. The monument commemorates Clara ...

Edna Griffin led one of the nation's first successful civil rights cases in 1948, challenging segregation at Katz Drug Store ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sculpture that depicts the start of the historic Oklahoma City sit-in movement was lifted by crane and installed at a downtown ...