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Get cozy in a rooftop igloo at Welltown Brewing's Iglootown as we discuss "Behold the Walls" by Clara Luper. Space is limited. Registration is required. For adults and teens.
On Aug. 19, 1958, Clara Luper and 13 Black youth walked into Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City and sat down at the lunch counter. When they tried to order, they were denied service. As they sat in silence, refusing to leave, the surrounding white customers unleashed a torrent of threats and racial slurs. This first organized sit-in in Oklahoma -- almost two years before the more famous sit-ins in Greensboro, N.C. -- sparked other demonstrations in Oklahoma and other states.
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