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CLARA LUPER MEDIA

This page contains any videos collected about Mrs. Clara Luper. 

Video Program:

Moderator: Joyce Jackson - Editor/Publisher of SHADES magazine

• Tribute in Music: Jahruba and the Jahmystics - "Clara Luper"

• Invocation: Reverend John A. Reed, Jr.

• Opening Selection: Kirk Franklin and choir - "Lift Every Voice and Sing"*

• Welcome and Occasion: Marilyn Luper Hildreth, Clara Luper Legacy Committee

• Greetings: David Holt, Mayor of Oklahoma City

• Honoring the Movement: Rep. Kendra Horn, 5th District

• Spoken word poetry: Tinasha LaRayé - "13 Cokes and a Side of Freedom"

• Clara Luper Legacy Exhibit Tour: Chyna McMoore, Theoni Williams, and Nala Tippett

• Tribute to Clara Luper: Dr. Bob Blackburn, Executive Director OHS

• Saxophone Selection: AnnEtta Booze - "Amazing Grace"

• Recognition of Original 13, Commandoes, and all Sit-Inners: Larry Jeffries

• Solo: Cornelius Anderson - "His Eye is on the Sparrow"

• Keynote Speaker: Rev. Amos Brown, Pastor of Third Baptist Church, San Francisco, California and Chairman of Religious Affairs of NAACP

• The Future: Amaya Harris, BLM/YLO

                       Jabee Williams, Clara Luper Legacy Committee

• Closing Remarks: Marilyn Luper Hildreth, Clara Luper Legacy Committee

• Closing Song: Morehouse College - "We Shall Overcome"*

• Closing Prayer: Minister Gwenda Roberts

Thanks to the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Tower Theatre.

*Kirk Franklin's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" - courtesy of Spirit Power Worship

*Morehouse College's "We Shall Overcome" - courtesy of Kortland Whalum

A Long Road to Liberty, directed by Brian Beasley and produced by Bob Ross of the Inasmuch Foundation

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