Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OKC sculptor LaQuincey Reed, the 2022 Skirvin Artist in Residence, is creating the Clara Luper sculpture for the planned bronze ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opera singer Karen Slack didn't know who Clara Luper was when she was invited to embody the Oklahoma freedom fighter's spirit in ...

A sculpture that depicts the start of the historic Oklahoma City sit-in movement was lifted by crane and installed at a downtown site on Monday. The 8,000 pound bronze sculpture traveled from ...

A statue depicting one of Oklahoma City's key moments in civil rights history was recently vandalized, which sparked outrage in the community and online. Officials say someone used what appeared to be ...

Oklahoma City added a new landmark of courage and hope Saturday morning with the dedication of the Clara Luper National Sit-In Memorial Plaza, located less than a mile south of the Oklahoma City ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – This year marks another celebration to the mother of the Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma Clara Luper. The Oklahoma City Thunder celebrated courtside alongside Thunder ...

News 4 and First Fidelity Bank head to Grady County to honor an educator who pulls out all the stops for her students. "Miss Crystal has been there for me when nobody else has. She's given me hope, ...

Plans for Oklahoma City's Clara Luper Civil Rights Center have been approved by the City Council, with a groundbreaking scheduled for this summer and the center's opening scheduled for 2027. Funded ...

PLAZA TODAY TO CHECK OUT THEIR PROGRESS. HONORING THE PAST. SHAPING THE FUTURE IN THE FORM OF BRONZE. IT STARTED OUT AS CLAY IN NEW YORK, AND WE WENT UP THERE 3 OR 4 TIMES AT LEAST TO NEW YORK. AND ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A new memorial located in downtown Oklahoma City honors the nation's first civil rights sit-in and civil rights leader Clara Luper. Last month, a new statue honoring Clara Luper was ...

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 as ...