Storytelling Program, 2011 - The Loretta Y. Jackson African

Loretta Y. Jackson-African
american historical society
Presents:
2nd ANNUAL
STORYTELLING & SOUL FOOD EVENING
University of science & arts of
Oklahoma
In partnership with
oklahoma tourism initiative,
17th & Alabama, chickasha, ok
“Soulful Stories: The African
American Story in Oklahoma”
February 17, 2011
6:30 pm
“We Stand Alone, Together!”
Hosea F.
Fletcher,
Pres-1947
Dr. William
Arthur J.
Bullock
Walter (Joe)
Coffey, Pres1948
sponsors:
First National Bank & Trust Co., Chickasha Bank & Trust Co., Mosley Insurance Co., Best
Western Inn, Lifeline Home Health Care & Hospice, Grady Memoral Hospital, Grady County
Democrat Party, Midfirst Bank
program
Song: “Lift Every Voice”, Negro National Anthem (Please Stand)
Welcome...................................... Bruce Fisher
Introductions........................................Cynthia Usher
Chickasha Chamber of Commerce
Community Sponsors
Invocation.......................................Overseer Delbert Allen,
Church of the Living God, P.G.&T., Chickasha
** soul food meal**
The Story:
“We Stand Alone, Together!”
Written & directed by W. Jerome Stevenson
Recognitions ............................... Cynthia W. Anderson
* LYJ-AAHS Board Members & Volunteers
* Business Sponsors of 1947
Remarks........Nicole D. Bailey, Exec Dir-Lawton Northside Chamber
Bud Andrus, Pres.-Chickasha Chamber of Commerce
Remarks, Introductions..........Sandy Pantlik, Dir. of OK Tourism
* State advisory team
* Oklahoma black caucus
* Senators & representatives
Closing Remarks..........................Loretta Y. Jackson, Founder & Pres.,
LYJ-AAHS
chickasha’s negro chamber of commerce officers & members,
1947-1948
Cecil l. boyd,
Sec., 1947;
Finance Chair-1948
john burleson,
2nd Vice Pres.-1948
Joe Prince, Board
of Directors Chair1948
Alexander Day,
Board of Dir-1948
Cash A. Black,
Prog Comm-1948
charlie hutcheson,
Prog Comm-1948
robert e.
brown, Contact
Comm-1948
rev. r.s. corbin,
Member
lenora reed,
Member
rev. david daniel
(d.d.) jones, Member
R.G. Parrish,
Member
everett c. davis,
sr., Member
calvin baker,
Member
Maceo Lewis,
Member
Wiley odom,
Member
R.C. Alexander,
Member
Clarence blunt,
Prog Comm.-1948
benyard (bennie) l.
crowell, Member
Bishop j.l. henderson,
Member
Robert McKinney,
Member
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text
warren fisher,
Member
Willie T. baker,
Member
Hursel Morris,
Member
Johnnie Pearl
(Jones) Coffey,
Pres.-House Wives
League
Not Pictured: R.L. Smith, 1st Vice Pres. & Board of Directors-1948; Joseph (Joe) Hayden, Asst.
Sec.-1948; Sam Taylor, Tres-1948; Dr. Charles T. Terry, Prog Comm & Board of Directors-1948; Fred Gant,
Fin Comm-1948; Reed Daniels, Fin. Comm-1948; H.K. Briggs, Prog Comm Chair-1948; W.C. Cross, Contact
Comm Chair-1948; James Boyd, Member; James Dana, Member; Dock Franklin, Member; Dewitt Hamilton,
Member; Burnett Henderson, Member; Charlie Jones, Member; Frank Marshall, Member; Alvin Montgomery,
Member; James C. Moore, Member; Junior Odem, Member; Jessie Purl, Member; Daniel Reed, Member;
Dave Reed, Member; Frank Robers, Member; Rev. W. Sims, Member; Andrew Spenser, Member; Harold
Stevenson, Member; Willie Thomas, Member; Earl Townsel, Member; Ollie Williams, Member
program supporters:
Hopkins Plumbing; DeHart Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co.; Mr. Kenneth
Johnson, Attorney; Park, Nelson, Caywood, Jones, Attorneys-at-Law; Cochran
Abstract; Chickasha Industrial and Welding Supply, Inc.; Mr. & Mrs. Jessie Cobb of
Cobb’s Carpet-Lawton; Clinic Pharmacy; Mr. Darryl Lightner; Mollett-Hunter
Insurance Co.; The Chickasha Leader; Mr. Allen & Debra Blaylock; Dr. Mike &
Barbara Thomas; Loretta Y. Jackson; Dr. Will & Cynthia W. Anderson
Thank You!
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Acknowledgements of Appreciation:
Jean Bentley for unwavering support; Herman McKinney, photograph of Robert McKinney;
Annette Dawkins for sharing valuable information about OK’s Black Chambers of Commerce; Exerpts and photos from Loretta Y. Jackson’s “Chickasha’s and Grady County’s
African American Heritage and Culture”-2003 First Edition ©;
Volunteers: Debra Blaylock, Gordona Snow, Marcy Langle, Ila Watson, Dr. Will Anderson
In a June 19, 1947 letter to C. L. Boyd,
Secretary of Negro Chamber of Commerce, from Paul Strader, Chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce Sewer
Committe and R.E. Rose, President of
Chickasha Chamber of Commerce:
“The sewer Committee of the Chickasha
Chamber of Commerce wises to express
its thanks to you and your people for the
excellent cooperation shown in our recent
sewer bond election. The City of Chickasha must grow as a unit. We are all citizens of our town and must share our burdens, responsibilities and duties.”
Letter from Johnnie Pearl Coffey, President of the House Wives League and
Hosea F. Fletcher, President of Negro
Chamber of Commerce:
“Dear Friends,
Please accept this note of appreciation for
your hardy cooperation in making the Reception for our Doctor and family, a mamoth success. You did a big job, and we
want you to know it.
Yours for a ‘Better Chickasha’”
Loretta Y. Jackson-African American Historical Society (LYJ-AAHS) Executive Board:
Loretta Y. Jackson, Founder
Barbara Thomas
Cynthia W. Anderson
Bruce T. Fisher
Allen Blaylock
Cynthia Usher
Dolores Willoughby-Smith
LYJ-AAHS’s mission is to encourage the study and appreciation of African American heritage and
cultural contributions through collection, preservation, artistic interpretation, and exhibition of artifacts.
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LYJ-AAHS, P.O. Box 2044, Chickasha, Oklahoma (405) 224-5297 www.lyjaahs.org [email protected]