By Marie Brown “A friend in need is a friend indeed” is a proverb meaning a true friend is someone who helps you when you are in difficulty, proving their loyalty through actions, not just words, distinguishing genuine companions…
Category: Opinions
Our Rich Black Heritage: Wharlest Jackson Sr., Former Treasurer of the Natchez, Mississippi Branch of the NAACP
By Garry Blanson “Before Black People Die, We Multiply” – Garry Blanson It saddens me dearly when I think about all of the Black people who were killed at the hands of police in America — those who were innocent…
Our City, Our Community
By Marie Brown Well… It’s that time of year again when Christmas celebrations are getting organized and ramped up. The religious observance is celebrating Jesus’s birth; however, the secular traditions consist of gift-giving, decorating trees, a variety of meals, and…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Burg Jones
By Garry Blanson “The Colored Man Who Once Owned Multiple Properties on Burg Jones Lane as Well as the Land Where Berg Jones Lane Elementary School Was Built in Monroe, Louisiana” If you were to ask most Black people in…
Our City, Our Community
By Marie Brown I trust that everybody had a happy Thanksgiving during this past holiday weekend. Through some of the most difficult times we are experiencing, there is so much to be thankful for. Our faith in God sustains us…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Pythina “Pye” Brown
By Garry Blanson “The education of the Negro has become the perfect device for control (by the American government) from without.” — Carter G. Woodson What if I told you that the very system Black people in Monroe, Louisiana, have…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Dr. Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins
By Garry Blanson A founding member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Candidly, I would like to state for the record that I believe the efforts of the Neville Charter Association to make Neville High School a charter school are…