An art restorer has begun work on statues in the Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaz a in downtown Oklahoma City.

In recent weeks, vandals targeted several of the statues in the plaza. The statues depict civil rights activist Clara Luper, several NAACP Youth Council members and an employee of Katz Drug Store. They are an integral part of a bronze art installation commemorating the first NAACP Youth Council sit-in held on Aug. 19, 1958, at the drug store in an effort to integrate the whites-only lunch counter. The plaza is located at North Robinson Avenue and West Main Street at the former Katz site.

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