By Marie Brown Daylight savings time started Sunday, March 9, 2025, and will continue until Sunday, November 2, 2025. This has now been observed for 116 years and consists of moving clocks forward in the spring and back in the…
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Our Rich Black Heritage : Attorney Louis Berry
By Garry Blanson Recently, I came across a legal term known as,”Racial Polarization.” Although you don’t really hear the term used that much anymore, the term actually goes all the way back to the 1860s! It seems that the term…
Our City——Our Community
By Marie Brown It has been approximately 13 months since Jeff Landry was sworn in as the new Governor for the state of Louisiana. Also, it has been a little over a month since Donald J. Trump was sworn in…
Our Rich Black Heritage : Dorothy Bell-Gundy Washington
By Garry Blanson “If there is no struggle, there is no progress” – Frederick Douglass Just in case you missed it, this past Friday, February 28, 2025, which was the final day of Black History Month, a call went out…
Our City……….Our Community
By Marie Brown As we come to the end of Black History Month, the parades, activities, events, and others will stop. The floats, parties, church, and school programs were enjoyed by all. The community should now declare the next 10…
Our Rich Black Heritage: The Forgotten 1953 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bus Boycott
By Garry Blanson While many Black Youth in Monroe, Louisiana are familiar with the famous Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott that was called for by Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black Leaders on December 5, 1955, the Monday after a…
Our City—–Our Community
By Marie Brown ULM is now in the market for a new President since Dr. Ron Berry is stepping down to return as a faculty member at the university. The Presidential search ironically started during Black History Month. Historians are…