Someday is Now

Clara Luper was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement who deserves to be talked about more! This book details how she became a teacher and taught her students the steps of non-violence: investigation, negotiation, education, and demonstration. While on a school trip to perform a play she wrote, the children saw an integrated city and wanted that for their own town. Doing the steps taught to them by Luper, the children had a sit-in at a local diner until it was declared to be integrated. This came at the cost of threats, verbal abuse, and food throwing at both Clara and her students. But she made sure her students understood the concept that instead of waiting and hoping for "someday", they should act and stand up today because "someday is now".

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