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| Creator: | Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) |
| Creator: | Mosnier, Joseph |
| Creator: | Luper, Calvin, 1942- |
| Title: | Calvin Luper oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2011-05-24 |
| Date: | 2011 May 24 |
| Description: | Calvin Luper remembers his mother, Clara Luper, and her leadership in Oklahoma City's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council. He recalls participating in sit-ins in drug stores and restaurants, and hosting a radio show with his mother. He also remembers other leaders in Oklahoma's civil rights movement, including Dr. Charles N. Atkins, E. Melvin Porter, and Ada Lois Sipuel. |
| Types: | Oral histories (document genres) | Interviews | InteractiveResource |
| Subjects: | Luper, Clara | Hildreth, Marilyn Luper, 1947- | Civil rights movements--United States | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council | Civil rights movements--Oklahoma | Discrimination in public accommodations--Oklahoma | African American civil rights workers--Oklahoma--Interviews | United States, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, 35.4675602, -97.5164276 |
| Collection: | Civil Rights History Project |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | American Folklife Center |
| Original Material: | Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights History Project |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0013/ |
