Clara Mae (Shepard) Luper (1923 - 2011)

Born 3 May 1923 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States

Died 8 Jun 2011 at age 88 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

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Clara Shepard Luper was a civic leader, schoolteacher, and a pioneering leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is best known for her leadership role in the 1958 Oklahoma City sit-in movement.^[1]

Born Clara Mae Shepard, she was the daugter of Ezell and Isabel Shepard.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Clara Luper," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Luper.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBK3-NMR : 5 January 2021), Clara M Sheppard in household of Ezell Sheppard, Hoffman, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-20, sheet 3B, line 61, family 59, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3318.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7Z-KSS : accessed 6 January 2021), Clara Sheppard in household of Earnest Sheppard, Newby, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 15B, line 100, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1900; FHL microfilm 2,341,634.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBJM-X2D : 6 January 2021), Clara M Luper, 08 Jun 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Ok2explore Birth Record Search Results: Last Name SHEPARD, First Name CLARA, Middle Name M, Gender F, Birth County Okfuskee, Birth Month 5, Birth Day 3, Birth Year 1923.
• Ok2explore Death Search Results: Last Name WILSON, First Name CLARA, Middle Name MAE LUPER, Gender F, Death County Oklahoma, Death Month 6, Death Day 8, Death Year 2011.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 July 2021), memorial page for Clara Mae Shepard Luper (3 May 1923–8 Jun 2011), Find A Grave: Memorial #71038508, citing Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Spencer, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Jackie & Lou (contributor 46905847) .