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This weekend marks 67 years since the Katz Drug Store sit-ins, and Oklahoma City civil rights advocates are hosting a series ...
The 2025 Freedom Fiesta Celebration, marking the 67th anniversary of the OKC sit-ins, is Aug. 14-17 with a series of events ...
OKC Philharmonic honors civil rights leader Clara Luper with a tribute album and Freedom Fiesta concert marking 1958 sit-ins.
The Oklahoma City Council granted additional funding to the Clara Luper Civil Rights Center for storytelling elements, such ...
OKC is celebrating the anniversary of the Katz Drug Store sit-in movement with a series of events, including an art show, ...
A concert, art show and sit-in march and reenactment are on the list of activities for the 2025 Oklahoma City Sit-in commemoration ...
Oklahoma City is set to honor civil rights leader Clara Luper with a new sculpture commemorating her famous sit-ins, with construction underway and completion expected by Nov. 1. "It started out ...
The celebration of Clara Luper and her goal to desegregate lunch counters in 1958 alongside a group of youth council members led those sit-ins at Cats Drugstore in 1958 enduring abuse and creating ...
From big-name soloists like Joshua Bell and Oklahoma native Kelli O'Hara to a world-premiere work memorializing Sooner State Civil Rights icon Clara Luper, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic has grand ...