Behold the Walls Volume 3 - 9780806192796

Behold the Walls Volume 3Commemorative Edition\nAuthor(s): Clara Luper, Karlos K. Hill, Bob L. Blackburn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806192796, 978-0806192796\nSynopsis\nOn August 19, 1958, Clara Luper and thirteen 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 Oklahomaalmost two years before the more famous sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolinasparked other demonstrations in Oklahoma and other states. Behold the Walls is Lupers engrossing firsthand account of how the movement she helped launch ended legal racial segregation.\n\n First published in 1979, Behold the Walls now features a new introduction and 33 newly selected historical phot.