The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964 (open access)

The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964

Article describes the history of the campaign for equal treatment of African-Americans in Oklahoma City, beginning with the lunch counter sit-ins organized by the NAACP's Youth Council. Carl R. Graves catalogs the efforts of the NAACP and other organizations to end opposition to the desegregation laws passed years earlier.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Graves, Carl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History