Clara Luper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetClara Luper
African American activist
Date of Birth: 03-May-1923
Place of Birth: Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Death: 08-Jun-2011
Profession: human rights activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Clara Luper
- Clara Shepard Luper (born Clara Mae Shepard May 3, 1923 – June 8, 2011) was a civic leader, retired schoolteacher, and a pioneering leader in the American Civil Rights Movement.
- She is best known for her leadership role in the 1958 Oklahoma City sit-in movement, as she, her young son and daughter, and numerous young members of the NAACP Youth Council successfully conducted nonviolent sit-in protests of downtown drugstore lunch-counters, which overturned their policies of segregation.
- The Clara Luper Corridor is a streetscape and civic beautification project from the Oklahoma Capitol area east to northeast Oklahoma City and was announced by Governor Brad Henry. Luper continued desegregating hundreds of establishments in Oklahoma and was active on the national level during the 1960s movements.
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