School board may name center for Oklahoma NAACP leader
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Public Schools is considering naming its new headquarters after a woman who organized civil rights sit-ins to integrate city businesses.
Naming the future administrative building after the late Clara Luper is on a school board meeting agenda for later this month. Luper was a teacher and activist who led 13 youths in peaceful protests against segregation in drug stores. The 1958 sit-ins preceded the 1960 demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina, which is often considered the start of the civil rights movement.