Memorial services for an eighteen-year-old man who died in a car accident will be held Monday. Services for Derin DeBurr, 18, will be held at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church at 11 a.m. under the direction of the McFarland…
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Mother thought she was going to a tea, but it was her surprise 90th birthday party
Family and friends gathered at the Monroe Civic Center on Saturday, May 20, 2023, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Mrs. Dorothy Fobbs. For weeks the family members planned and calculated how to surprise the soon-to-be nonagenarian. How do you…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Lincoln L. Burwell
By Garry Blanson When Black Civil Rights Marchers were attacked during the first “March On Selma,” at the hospitals that the injured were taken to was the “BURWELL INFIRMARY.” One of the things that was special about the Burwell Infirmary…
Why Boycott the Essence Festival? NAACP travel advisory is ill advised
The NAACP has issued a travel advisory for Louisiana, urging Blacks to exercise caution when visiting the state because of its discriminatory laws and policies. That means the NAACP wants the Essence Festival in New Orleans to fail. That’s ironic…
Snaps of the City
Between June 4, and June 21, 2023, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Birthdays June 22nd – June 28th
June 22-Rodney Keith Horne, Jr., Angela Hall, Lewis Dorsey, Marion Felice’ Michele Dawkins, Laytora Dorsey, JoAnn Lacount, Vertie C. Saunders, Erica Bradford, In Loving Memory of Evelyn James, Raven Loyd, Ernestine Woods, Patrick Taylor. June 23-Augusta E. Turner, Bertha Dennis,…
“Forgiven People Must Be Forgiving People”
By Lisa Wilmore My Christian Friends, What is keeping you from forgiving the person who wronged you? If you have an old wound but still carry the fresh pain from it, this may indicate that you have not forgiven or…