Today In History (August 19)

On August 19, 1958, Clara Luper and a group of NAACP Youth Council members entered a segregated drugstore in downtown Oklahoma City.  They took seats and asked to be served.  On August 21, 1958, the drugstore’s corporate management desegregated its lunch counters in three states.

Sources:

http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/august_19.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Luper