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Someday Is Now
Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-ins | Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
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Someday Is Now tells the inspirational story of the celebrated civil rights leader, Clara Luger, who led one of the first lunch-counter sit-ins in America. How will you stand against something you know is wrong? One way is to follow the lessons of bravery taught by civil rights pioneers like Clara Luper. As a child, Clara saw how segregation affected her life. Her journey famously led her to Oklahoma, where she and her students desegregated stores and restaurants that were closed to African-Americans. With courage and conviction, Clara Luper led young people to do what had to be done. This moving title includes additional information on Clara Luper's extraordinary life, her lessons of nonviolent resistance, and a glossary of key civil rights people and terms.
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LibrarianRyan
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4 ⭐ This is a lovely picture book history of Clara Luper. This is a bit longer and meant more for kids in school rather than bedtime reading. It is interesting and entertaining and a great way to learn of a figure in American history.

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Sharpeipup
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I lived so close to Oklahoma for years but never heard this story. #childrensbook #truestory #24b4monday

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megnews
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Yes it was. And yes it is. This should be on all the class shelves as well. Very educational about the protest process while telling a great story that‘s missed in history class.

#BlackLivesMatter

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WanderingBookaneer
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Clara Luper is another unsung hero of the Civil Rights movement. After a field trip to New York City where there was no segregation, Luper and her students return to Oklahoma City and cannot make peace with the unjust laws that forced them to take their food outside. ⬇️

WanderingBookaneer "Then Clara Luper taught them about investigation, negotiation, education, and demonstration. With these four steps of nonviolence, the students were prepared to make sacrifices for justice."

This led them to organize sit-ins at Katz drugstore. ..and the rest is history. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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White people could eat in any restaurant or at any lunch counter.
Black people weren‘t allowed to sit at those tables.
They had to stay outside.
Separate and unequal.