1923 - 2011
Clara Luper American Activist
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American Activist Clara Luper was born Clara Mae Shepard on 3rd May, 1923 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, USA and passed away on 8th Jun 2011 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma aged 88. She is most remembered for Civil Rights Activist. Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
Clara Luper is a member of the following lists: 1923 births, American human rights activists and Nonviolence advocates.
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Details
| First Name |
Clara
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| Last Name |
Luper
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| Full Name at Birth |
Clara Mae Shepard
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| Alternative Name |
Clara Shepard Luper
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| Birthday |
3rd May, 1923
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| Birthplace |
Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, USA
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| Died |
8th June, 2011
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| Place of Death |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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| Build |
Average
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Activist
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| Occupation |
Activist
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| Claim to Fame |
Civil Rights Activist
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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 carefully planned 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. In 1972, Clara Luper was a Oklahoma candidate for election to the United States Senate. When asked by the press if she, a black woman, could represent white people, she responded: “Of course, I can represent white people, black people, red people, yellow people, brown people, and polka dot people. You see, I have lived long enough to know that people are people.”
