OKG7 things to do Gazette staff
For Black History Month, Urban Roots at 322 N.E. Second takes us back in
time with texts and narratives related to African and African-American
history, exchanged from generation to generation.
The battle of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher in Oklahoma helped fuel the national civil rights movement.
News Tricia Pemberton
The seven steps to the “colored” chair were just seven more humiliations
to be endured in Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher’s long fight toward freedom.
What works: Unique family recipes for dishes that are cooked to order. What needs work: How about tamales every day … not just on Fridays. The tip: Afro-Mexican heritage adds to the menu’s mix of flavors.
Southern Baptists in Oklahoma react to the election of the national organization’s first African-American president.
News Greg Horton
The Southern Baptist Convention has elected its first African-American
president. Fred Luter, New Orleans pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist
Church, won during the SBA’s annual meeting today in New Orleans.
Thriller Rod Lott
You hear a title like Some Guy Who Kills People and think, "Is that all
the energy and enthusiasm they can muster?" Well, this little thriller
is a surprise, all underpromising and overdelivering, mostly due to a
deft performance by '90s indie-film mainstay Kevin Corrigan (The Dictator).