In protest of racial discrimination, black schoolchildren sat at a lunch counter with their teacher demanding food, refusing to leave until they were served.
In 1958, even though the "separate but equal" doctrine of Jim Crow Laws had been overturned, racial discrimination was still commonplace and restricted blacks from sharing many public spaces with whites.
[3] Luper took a trip with her students to New York City to put on the play "Brother President,"[4] where they witnessed Black people living in a desegregated environment.
After their preparation, the first day of the sit-in began on August 19, 1958, when Clara Luper and the children sat down at the counter of the Katz Drug Store and ordered thirteen cokes.
One month after Oklahoma City's ordinance was put into place, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, which illegalized discrimination across the country.