Educator and Civil Rights leader: She was the daughter of Ezell and Isabell (Rivers) Shepard, she married Charles P. Wilson and had three children. In 1944 she received a bachelor's degree from Langston University. She later attained a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1951 and was the first African American admitted to the graduate history program in the University of Oklahoma. She taught history and public relations at Dunjee High School in Spencer, Oklahoma, and at John Marshall and Classen High Schools in Oklahoma City. While teaching, she wrote, directed, and produced Brother President, a play based on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mrs. Luper became the advisor for the Oklahoma City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council in 1957. The following year the Youth Council decided to stage a "sit-in" at Oklahoma City's Katz Drug Store. On August 20, 1958, walking into the store and ordering cokes, the youth, under Luper's guidance, demonstrated their discontent with segregation and launched the nation's sit-in movement. The Youth Council continued to conduct sit-ins throughout the early 1960s, helping to end segregation in public accommodations in Oklahoma. Maintaining her adherence to nonviolence, she participated in marches and demonstrations and was often jailed in her civil rights struggle.
Services under the direction of Rolfe Funeral Home, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK.
The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Clara Luper
Week of Events June 13 – 17 2011
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Viewing
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Rolfe Funeral Home
2936 NE 36th Street
Oklahoma City, OK. 73111
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Wake
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fairview Baptist Church
1700 NE 7th
Oklahoma City, OK. 73117
Thursday 16, 2011…………………………"Lie In Repose"
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State Capitol
313 NE 21st
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Friday 17, 2011…………………………"Celebration of Life"
Cox Center
1 Myriad Garden
Public Admittance – 9:30 a.m.
Celebration of Life Musical Prelude – 10:00 a.m.
Celebration of Life Service – 11:00 a.m.
The processional route is as follows:
North on broadway leaving the Cox Center
East on CLARA LUPER CORRIDOR
North on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
passing by the FREEDOM CENTER
Graveside Service at HILLCREST CEMETERY
Mrs. Luper became the advisor for the Oklahoma City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council in 1957. The following year the Youth Council decided to stage a "sit-in" at Oklahoma City's Katz Drug Store. On August 20, 1958, walking into the store and ordering cokes, the youth, under Luper's guidance, demonstrated their discontent with segregation and launched the nation's sit-in movement. The Youth Council continued to conduct sit-ins throughout the early 1960s, helping to end segregation in public accommodations in Oklahoma. Maintaining her adherence to nonviolence, she participated in marches and demonstrations and was often jailed in her civil rights struggle.
Services under the direction of Rolfe Funeral Home, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK.
The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Clara Luper
Week of Events June 13 – 17 2011
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Viewing
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Rolfe Funeral Home
2936 NE 36th Street
Oklahoma City, OK. 73111
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Wake
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fairview Baptist Church
1700 NE 7th
Oklahoma City, OK. 73117
Thursday 16, 2011…………………………"Lie In Repose"
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State Capitol
313 NE 21st
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Friday 17, 2011…………………………"Celebration of Life"
Cox Center
1 Myriad Garden
Public Admittance – 9:30 a.m.
Celebration of Life Musical Prelude – 10:00 a.m.
Celebration of Life Service – 11:00 a.m.
The processional route is as follows:
North on broadway leaving the Cox Center
East on CLARA LUPER CORRIDOR
North on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
passing by the FREEDOM CENTER
Graveside Service at HILLCREST CEMETERY
Educator and Civil Rights leader: She was the daughter of Ezell and Isabell (Rivers) Shepard, she married Charles P. Wilson and had three children. In 1944 she received a bachelor's degree from Langston University. She later attained a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1951 and was the first African American admitted to the graduate history program in the University of Oklahoma. She taught history and public relations at Dunjee High School in Spencer, Oklahoma, and at John Marshall and Classen High Schools in Oklahoma City. While teaching, she wrote, directed, and produced Brother President, a play based on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mrs. Luper became the advisor for the Oklahoma City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council in 1957. The following year the Youth Council decided to stage a "sit-in" at Oklahoma City's Katz Drug Store. On August 20, 1958, walking into the store and ordering cokes, the youth, under Luper's guidance, demonstrated their discontent with segregation and launched the nation's sit-in movement. The Youth Council continued to conduct sit-ins throughout the early 1960s, helping to end segregation in public accommodations in Oklahoma. Maintaining her adherence to nonviolence, she participated in marches and demonstrations and was often jailed in her civil rights struggle.
Services under the direction of Rolfe Funeral Home, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK.
The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Clara Luper
Week of Events June 13 – 17 2011
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Viewing
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Rolfe Funeral Home
2936 NE 36th Street
Oklahoma City, OK. 73111
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Wake
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fairview Baptist Church
1700 NE 7th
Oklahoma City, OK. 73117
Thursday 16, 2011…………………………"Lie In Repose"
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State Capitol
313 NE 21st
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Friday 17, 2011…………………………"Celebration of Life"
Cox Center
1 Myriad Garden
Public Admittance – 9:30 a.m.
Celebration of Life Musical Prelude – 10:00 a.m.
Celebration of Life Service – 11:00 a.m.
The processional route is as follows:
North on broadway leaving the Cox Center
East on CLARA LUPER CORRIDOR
North on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
passing by the FREEDOM CENTER
Graveside Service at HILLCREST CEMETERY
Mrs. Luper became the advisor for the Oklahoma City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council in 1957. The following year the Youth Council decided to stage a "sit-in" at Oklahoma City's Katz Drug Store. On August 20, 1958, walking into the store and ordering cokes, the youth, under Luper's guidance, demonstrated their discontent with segregation and launched the nation's sit-in movement. The Youth Council continued to conduct sit-ins throughout the early 1960s, helping to end segregation in public accommodations in Oklahoma. Maintaining her adherence to nonviolence, she participated in marches and demonstrations and was often jailed in her civil rights struggle.
Services under the direction of Rolfe Funeral Home, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK.
The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Clara Luper
Week of Events June 13 – 17 2011
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Viewing
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Rolfe Funeral Home
2936 NE 36th Street
Oklahoma City, OK. 73111
Wednesday 15, 2011 …………………Public Wake
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fairview Baptist Church
1700 NE 7th
Oklahoma City, OK. 73117
Thursday 16, 2011…………………………"Lie In Repose"
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State Capitol
313 NE 21st
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Friday 17, 2011…………………………"Celebration of Life"
Cox Center
1 Myriad Garden
Public Admittance – 9:30 a.m.
Celebration of Life Musical Prelude – 10:00 a.m.
Celebration of Life Service – 11:00 a.m.
The processional route is as follows:
North on broadway leaving the Cox Center
East on CLARA LUPER CORRIDOR
North on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
passing by the FREEDOM CENTER
Graveside Service at HILLCREST CEMETERY
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