Sixty-seven years after a group of kids started a sit-in protest for equal rights in Oklahoma City, their impact on the civil rights movement is being recognized.
In 1958, teacher Clara Luper and 13 members of the NAACP Youth Council went to Katz Drug Store at the corner of Main St. and Robinson in downtown OKC.
They sat down at the lunch counter and refused to move until they were served. At that time, Katz would make meals for Black customers, but they could not eat inside. After 3 days of occupying the lunch counter, Katz changed its policies, desegregating not only the Oklahoma City location, but all its stores nationwide…