OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Just weeks after it was dedicated, someone has allegedly vandalized a monument honoring an Oklahoma City Civil Rights icon and the historic movement that she led.
Nearly all of the statues at the Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza in downtown Oklahoma City now have scratches on them. News of the damage was first reported by The Oklahoman.
Luper was among the original 13 student members of the NAACP Youth Council who participated in a sit-in at Katz Drug Store on August 19, 1958, challenging to be served in a climate plagued with segregation.
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The efforts of Luper and others forced Katz to desegregate their stores nationwide and sparked other sit-ins across the country…