Clara Luper, organizer of sit-ins that resulted in desegregating 38 Katz Drug Stores across the Midwest, has died. In 1958, she lead 13 other black youth to sit-in at the all-white lunch counter in the Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City. After two unsuccessful attempts, they were eventually served on their third effort. Ms. Luper continued her contributions to progress for blacks by working for the NAACP for many years. She was 88.
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