By Garry Blanson Part One of a Two-Part Series If you’re over the age of 50, you may remember the old saying: “If you want to hide something from a Negro, put it in a book.” When I was in…
Category: Editorial
Our City, Our Community: Invisible Group
By Marie Brown The Indivisible Group of Northeast LA hosted a “No Kings” event under the bridge at US 165 and Renwick St. in Monroe, LA. This past Saturday, a large crowd of citizens met on one accord to address…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Former Pastors of the Forgotten Negro, “Bright Oak Missionary Baptist Church” of Monroe, Louisiana
By Garry Blanson “The people who had Martin Luther King Jr. killed thought that by killing the dreamer, they could kill the dream — but they couldn’t!” Sometime between 1955 and 1962, the people in Monroe, Louisiana, who were behind…
Will “Brown Bombers” survive Tony Little issue?
The political alliance known as the “Brown Bombers” — Monroe City Council members Juanita Woods, Verbon Muhammad, and Rev. Rodney McFarland — may face its first serious test of unity at the October 28 council meeting. The issue: whether to…
Our Rich Black Heritage: St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church of West Monroe, Louisiana
Interesting fact: “One of the previous Our Rich Black Heritage Black Pioneers, Deacon Bennerson Stamper, was a dedicated member of St. Joseph.” Have you ever bought a used item before? If you have, you probably know how frustrating it can…
State’s Ten Commandment law isn’t over yet, but should be
A Louisiana law requiring the 10 commandments to be posted in every school isn’t dead, yet, but it should be.On October 6th the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear the case en banc, vacating…
Our city, Our community: Wossman/Richwood
By Marie Brown Homecoming is a celebration where people from all walks of life come together to celebrate a series of events in churches and schools, just to name a few. Students and alumni even celebrate the entire week with…