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Clara Luper (Civil Rights Leader) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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June 8, 2011 (88 years old)
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Gemini
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Celebrities born on May 30
Born in 1923
Gemini named Clara
Civil Rights Leaders from Oklahoma
Civil Rights Leaders born in United States
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First name Clara
Clara Shepard Luper 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."
BornClara Mae Shepard, May 3, 1923, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
DiedJune 8, 2011, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
OccupationCivic leader, school teacher, activist, 1972 Oklahoma candidate for U.S. Senate

About Clara Luper

Civil Rights Leader Clara Luper was born on May 30, 1923 in Oklahoma, United States (She dies at the age of 88, on June 8, 2011).

During the Civil Rights Movement, he was a civil rights advocate who influenced and participated in the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-in. During the late 1950s and 1960s, she assisted in the desegregation of hundreds of Oklahoma businesses.

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Clara Luper before becoming famous

Clara Luper was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1923 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1944, she graduated from Langston University with a B.A. in mathematics and a minor in history.

Achievement of Clara Luper

She was a member of the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council, which influenced the result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott significantly.

Clara Luper's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Ezell and Isabell Shepard were her parents.

Clara Luper Collabed with

Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s actions were directly influenced by her.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) (Civil Rights Leader)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

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Clara Luper Income & Net worth

Clara Luper's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a civil rights leader. Information about her net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Clara Luper.

Clara Luper Height and Weight

How tall is Clara Luper? At the age of 88, Clara Luper height is 5'3" (1.6m).

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Latest information about Clara Luper updated on March 10 2023.