From 1958 to 1964, Luper was a major leader in the fight to end segregation in Oklahoma. She led campaigns to gain equal banking rights, employment opportunities, open housing, and voting rights.
A $3.6 million bronze monument is set to be installed in Downtown Oklahoma City depicting the 13 black children who participated in the first Katz Drug Store sit-in led by Luper.
The monument will be a part of the Clara Luper Sit-in Plaza at Robinson and Main, where the drugstore once stood. Clara Luper’s daughter, Marilyn Luper Hildreth helped outline the monument that will honor her mother’s work and that of the 13 sit-in children and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
