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Election re-invigorates Oklahoma City civil-rights leader Clara Luper
Civil rights leader Clara Luper, her daughter Marilyn Hildreth and 9-year-old Alexia Grant react Tuesday to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Luper was watching the ceremony on television at the Freedom Center at NE 26 and Martin Luther King Avenue. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Clara Luper clapped and let out a cheer as Barack Obama finished taking the oath of office and became president of the U.S.
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The graying matron of Oklahoma City’s civil rights movement was surrounded by about two dozen people at the Freedom Center, 2500 Martin Luther King, for an inauguration watch party.
Though her health has dwindled in recent years, Luper said she never doubted she’d see a black president in her lifetime.
"I hadn’t planned on dying until I saw this day,” she said. "If I die now, I’m OK.”
On the walls of the center, large pictures hung showing Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.
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