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Civil Rights lawyer, politician, and Oklahoma City NAACP president, E. Melvin Porter became the first African American to attain an Oklahoma Senate seat. Born in Okmulgee on May 22, 1930. Melvin Porter joined the U.S.
Read moreMy mom had a twin. Not identical but they were a lot alike in looks and in their ways. I always liked coming over and visiting the twin’s family, especially those many years ago when they lived here at Allen.
Read moreAnother December 7 . Yes, it is another Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day next Monday. It is an internationally known metaphor for disasters such as the day Japanese aircraft mounted a sneak attack on America’s 7 fleet peacefully at anchor in Hawaii. As such the slogan is remembered to this day.
Read moreEditor and Civil Rights activist George Napier Perkins was born in Williamson County, Tennessee, on January 1, 1842. After a move to Little Rock at the age of fifteen, he served in the U.S. Army for three years, married Maggie A.
Read moreIt wasn’t until 1975 that I met my step-uncle, George Armstrong, down in SE Oklahoma near Valiant. Another uncle, Ezra of Petaluma, California, was visiting and he wanted to find this lost brother.
Read moreMy knowledge of stagecoaches is from watching those old black and white movies of the 40’s.
Read moreJust how much longer must we wait? And on who? Well, it is coming they tell us. And we might just add: “come soon.”
Read moreI did fairly good on memory stuff until I got to be about 80. Then I noticed it was hard for me to remember some people’s names. Names of some trees also come to mind. I have an ancient Box Elder tree in my back yard but alas, someone asked me one day what kind of tree it was and that was when I first noticed that its name had left me. Names of old friends— they came and went. But mostly I get by cause if I forget your name down at the post office, relax. It will come to me after I get home. Which brings me to another subject: Computers.
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