E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer.
But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month…February is just the Blackest.
Today, our featured Black Educator is Clara Luper.
Clara Luper was an eduactivist who’s a seminal figure in Oklahoma history. Born in Oklahoma in 1923, Luper was a mathematics major and history minor in college. She graduated from Langston University and was the first Black person admitted to the history program at the University of Oklahoma, where she’d graduate with her master’s degree in history; the first Black graduate as well.
I wanted to read the books. I wanted to explore new ideas, but the walls separated us and we were caught behind the walls.
Luper taught history and public relations at Dunjee High School in Spencer, Oklahoma, and at John Marshall and Classen High Schools in Oklahoma City. While we know a lot about the preachers who played significant roles in the CONTINUE READING: Clara Luper, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward