When you’re Olivia Hooker, it’s okay to talk about age, especially since she’s achieved so much and still has an engaging smile and strong mind.
Hooker turned 102 years old on Sunday — sharing a birthday with President Abraham Lincoln and an incredible history of being a great American patriot.
Hooker was born in 1915 in Muskogee, Okla.
Today, she talks about not having the hand strength she used to for playing piano concertos and no longer being able to live independently. Yet this centenarian has had a front seat to some of America’s most challenging moments, fighting racial injustice and becoming a female trailblazer.
“It’s astonishing because you meet challenges that you never expected,” says Hooker.
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