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“I’ll forgive them, but I won’t forget?”

March 24, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Lisa Wilmore Greetings to All, Have you ever encountered persons who declare that “I’ll forgive them, but I won’t forget?” Their hurt is so deep until everything the individual has done to them comes out in their conversation in…

Lisa Wilmore

Some of my 1930 s childhood remembrances of Monroe, Louisiana’s Miller-Roy Building

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons After fleeing to Denver, Colorado due to a very serious altercation with a supervisor, our Daddy decided to return his family to Monroe, Louisiana. Completing a third-grade school year at Mt. Nebo Elementary School located on…

Jacquelyn Simmons

If you hang around 5 intelligent people you will be the 6th

March 17, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Rusty Potter Mark Twain said, “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Be a man or woman who makes a difference in the lives of others. People will see you as a…

Rusty Potter

True humility is yielding the spotlight to Jesus

March 17, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Lisa Wilmore Scripture Reading: The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I meant when I said, A man…

Lisa Wilmore

Jesus abhors our bringing the world into his churches!!!

March 17, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Scripture: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but…

Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons

“Come to Jesus, while you have time”

March 10, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Lisa Wilmore Dear Friend, Who or what is keeping you from accepting Jesus as your personal Savior? Who or what have you placed your hope in? Can it or they provide the promise that your sins have been washed…

Lisa Wilmore

Take time to recharge and come back stronger

March 10, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Rusty Potter Do we recharge ourselves as much as we recharge our cell phones? We can’t run full speed in a marathon without stopping for water. We will lose the momentum to finish the race strong. We must be…

Rusty Potter

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Reflections on 2016 Flooding in Monroe

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This Week In Monroe History

Birthdays
-- Celebrating Birthdays Today: Jennifer Johnson, Willie Cornelius, Monti George Sharp, Jaireeka Watson, Anna Griffin, Keishonza Zimmerson, Harold Toney, Cabrina Holland, Carol Boyd, Jennifer Hilliard, Lois Brown, Tabia Gooden, Marilyn Wimbish, Ernest Potter, Richard “Buddy” Moore, Willie Alexander, Arkisha Harris, Ananias Young. (9)
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--- This week in 1974 Ralph unveiled organizational plans for blacks in Troy Administration. Clipping and Photo (52)
-- This week in 1997 Lorraine Slacks published a strong letter of support for Dr. Louise Dunbar, the new principal of Carroll High School. Slacks criticized those who doubted the administrative ability of a woman. (29)
--- This week in 1997 Roy Shelling filed suit against City School Board in his forced retirement case involving sexual allegations as principal of Lincoln Elementary School (29)
--- This week in 1998 Edward Bolden wrote a letter to the editor in which he said Richwood residents should demand more from its mayor. (28)

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Our Rich Black Heritage: “Held down by Louisiana Law!”

By Garry Blanson The White Louisiana Bourbon Democrats, the 1898 Louisiana State…

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Our Democracy needs committed people now more than ever

By Marie Brown The importance of strengthening the Ouachita Democratic Party Executive…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: The Forgotten Negro Organizers of “The First Official Monroe Chapter of The NAACP”

By Garry Blanson As Black citizens in Monroe, Louisiana, eagerly await the…

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