OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma civil rights icon Clara Luper, who led sit-ins at drug store lunch counters in Oklahoma, has died. She was 88.
Luper's daughter, Marilyn Hildreth, said Thursday that her mother died Wednesday night after a lengthy illness.
On Aug. 19, 1958, as the 35-year-old sponsor of the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council, L... Read more..Source: http://newsone.com/nation/associatedpress2/clara-luper-dead-civil-rights/
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