Boley NewsLocal news for Boley, OK continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Grandson of a slave turns 101 Tuesday- October 5, 2007 "He said his grandmother, which was a slave born in 1847, was my great-great-great grandmother, Amanda Montgomery." Pierson Craig likes telling old-time tales, his grand-nephew said. "I love him. He's real accurate and to be at 101; he's got a sharp mind," said Elmer Milton III, a construction worker living in Arcadia. via The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OKhttp://www.topix.net/city/boley-ok/2007/10/grandson-of-a-slave-turns-101-tuesday?fromrss=1 Pages of black history- October 4, 2007 "There's a lot of black people who need credit for what they did" BOOK CHRONICLES BOLEY, OKLA.What started as a project to chronicle the life and people of Boley, Okla., has become an obsession for local author and artist Janice Thacker and a lesson in pride for the high school students helping her.'I thought it was going to be a short project, like maybe six months long,' said Thacker, who was initially interested in the history behind the town's annual rodeo, celebrated Memorial Day weekend..http://www.topix.net/city/boley-ok/2007/10/pages-of-black-history?fromrss=1 |