Category: Opinions

By Garry Blanson For those who didn’t know, the reason why I chose to write my “Our Rich Black Heritage” articles is to highlight other African-Americans besides the ones that we are use to hearing about during Black History Month.…

By Garry Blanson Ever since before the American Civil War, Civil Rights and Education have been two of the top priorities for Black People in America. Although Black People have more representation today than they had in the early 1970s…

By Garry Blanson During American Slavery, slaves were sometimes allowed to buy their “FREEDOM!” This Week’s Black Heritage Hero was able to do so in an “unusual fashion.” By using “mere ideas,” Benjamin Bradley was able to take common materials…

By Garry Blanson Much has been said and written about Sally (Sarah) Hemings, the mother of several of Thomas Jefferson’s slave children. However, little is taught in the schools in our Black Communities about Coralie Franklin Cook (a descendant of…

By Garry Blanson Who is the first person that comes to mind when you think of the name “Frederick Douglas?” Most people would say, “Frederick Douglas,” the famous Negro abolitionist who rose to fame with the 1845 publication of his…

By Garry Blanson As I look around Monroe, Louisiana, I can’t help but notice that not much FAN-FARE or ACCOLADES is given to the Black Funeral Home Establishments located in our Black Communities. Collectively, I would say that Black Funeral…

By Garry Blanson It’s really mind-blowing thinking about how even though Black People had their wives “raped” by their slaveowners, had their children “sold” out from under them, and were constantly “whipped and beaten” by their slaveowners, they still found…