Clara Luper

Broschiertes Buch

Behold the Walls

Commemorative Edition Volume 3

Herausgeber: Hill, Karlos K; Blackburn, Bob L

Beschreibung

This first organized sit-in in Oklahoma--almost two years before the more famous sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina--sparked other demonstrations in Oklahoma and other states. Behold the Walls is Luper's engrossing firsthand account of how the movement she helped launch ended legal racial segregation.

Autor

Clara Luper (1923–2011) was an Oklahoma schoolteacher, civic leader, and nationally prominent civil rights activist. Karlos K. Hill is Regents’ Associate Professor in the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History. Bob L. Blackburn retired as executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2021 and is the author of numerous books, including (with Duane King and Neil Morton), Cherokee Nation: A History of Survival, Self Determination, and Identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780806196442
• ISBN-10: 0806196440
• Artikelnr.: 73935241