Category: Opinions

By Garry Blanson Part Two of a Two-Part series  Well, hopefully some of you all who read my last week’s “OUR RICH BLACK HERITAGE” article went online and found out that Leland opened “in 1870,” in New Orleans, Louisiana, as…

By Garry Blanson Part One of a Two-Part part series Today, when most people talk about Historical Black Colleges (HBCUs) & Universities in Louisiana, they are quick to mention Grambling & Southern. Well, there was a Black University that came…

By Garry Blanson “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept” – Angela Davis It was a grand ‘ole affair, the President of Grambling University and the Carroll High School…

By Garry Blanson “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana It appears that along with the resurgence of Jim Crow Laws in Louisiana, certain groups around Louisiana are returning to the practice of using…

By Garry Blanson “Underneath the different colors of our skin, People are far more alike than they are different” -Lisa Nichols Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Race Didn’t Matter? This question reminds me of a forgotten Louisiana court case that…

By Garry Blanson “Don’t be afraid of being an agitator, because every housewife knows the value of an agitator ; an agitator is the instrument in the washing machine which bangs the clothes around and gets rid of all the…

By Garry Blanson “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why” -Mark Twain On July 4, 1917, “THE VOICE”  newspaper, the first newspaper that represented the “New…