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A monument in bronze for a teacher and her lesson for the ages

Oklahoma sculptor LaQuincey Reed stands with his clay model of civil rights leader Clara Luper that will become part of a bronze monument in downtown Oklahoma City. The monument will depict the first Katz Drug Store sit-in by 13 children led by Luper who were refused service because they were Black. (Photo by Kathryn McNutt, The Journal Record)

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Freedom Center monument relocated for safe keeping during construction

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Clara Luper stands proudly by the newly erected monument that honors local and national people who battled for civil rights."

Photographer: Jim Argo

Source: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society

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