Approval was recently given by the Oklahoma City Council for $1.72 million in funding for a new interpretive center to be called the Clara Luper Rights Center.
Doubling as a community gathering space, the Center is named for pioneering civil rights leader and educator Clara Luper and will celebrate her legacy of participating and leading students during the 1950s and 60s in non-violent demonstrations in Oklahoma. Luper was also a longtime advisor for the NAACP Youth Council of Oklahoma City.
In addition to highlighting Oklahoma’s civil rights history via feature exhibitions, the new 17,694-square-foot facility will also have an event hall suitable for youth activities, community gatherings and public programs as well as having classrooms.
Large public venues require a significant amount of signage with banner printing services predominating.
Storytelling for the education of visitors will combine both indoor and outdoor elements that will include public artwork and artistic projections on the exterior of the building. The featured artwork will be paid for from the City’s 1% for Art ordinance. Artists wishing to contribute to the project can present their proposals to the City at this time.
The Clara Luper Rights Center will be located immediately south of the Freedom Center on the corner of Northeast 24th Street and North Martin Luther King Avenue and will be operated by the nonprofit organization, Freedom Center of Oklahoma City.
Construction on the Civic Rights Center is anticipated to commence this summer with an opening date sometime in 2027.
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300 N. Ann Arbor Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73127
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