One Pharmacist's View

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. Army right out of high school to earn enough money to put himself through college.

My 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. They had two boys (among their many assorted children) about my age.

Another December 7th . 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 7th fleet peacefully at anchor in Hawaii. As such the slogan is remembered to this day.

Editor 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.

It 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.

My knowledge of stagecoaches is from watching those old black and white movies of the 40’s.

Just how much longer must we wait? And on who? Well, it is coming they tell us. And we might just add: “come soon.” The Covid virus continues to sweep America causing many of the mask nay-sayers to hush up and reach for their own masks.

I 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 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.

African American oil broker and civil rights advocate, Jake Simmons, was born on January 17, 1901 in Indian Territory at Sawokla, which later became Haskell. He emerged from a Creek freedman heritage to broker multi-million-dollar deals between large oil companies and emerging African nations.