An Unflinching Call for Freedom: Clara Luper's Pedagogy at the Center of Sit-Ins

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Article describes the life and influence of Clara Luper, a teacher and adviser for the NAACP Youth Council who worked with students to obtain civil rights and the desegregation of Oklahoma City.

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18 p. : ill.

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Watson, Rachel E. Autumn 2019.

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  • Main Title: An Unflinching Call for Freedom: Clara Luper's Pedagogy at the Center of Sit-Ins
  • Serial Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma

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Article describes the life and influence of Clara Luper, a teacher and adviser for the NAACP Youth Council who worked with students to obtain civil rights and the desegregation of Oklahoma City.

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18 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Clara Luper served on the front lines of the battle to integrate Oklahoma City's public accommodations. As a teacher and the adviser for the NAACP Youth Council, she taught countless children and teenagers how to demonstrate peacefully as they fought for their civil rights. Rachel E. Watson focuses on Luper's pedagogy, and how her classroom engagement raised a group of activists calling for freedom.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 97(3), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2019, pp. 278-295

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 278
  • Page End: 295

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Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

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Watson, Rachel E. An Unflinching Call for Freedom: Clara Luper's Pedagogy at the Center of Sit-Ins, article, Autumn 2019; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2017470/: accessed June 13, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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