The recent plea deal allowing former Louisiana State Trooper Kory York to walk free with a suspended sentence for his role in Ronald Greene’s death represents more than just another failure of our justice system – it dashes the hopes…
Category: Editorial
Our Rich Black Heritage: Forgotten Louisiana “HBCU” Schools – Gilbert Academy, New Orleans University, and Straight University
By Garry Blanson Today, it seems that while many Black People in Louisiana are familiar with “DILLARD UNIVERSITY, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, some of them do not know that the original students from Dillard came from 3 schools that…
Vote “No” on the constitutional amendment November 5th
We encourage our readers to vote “No” on the constitutional amendment on the November 5th ballot. It’s a simply reason: Every program and project should not be in the constitution; that’s it plain and simple. The amendment is about dedicating…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Mary Frances Robinson Goins
By Garry Blanson Well, this week’s Black Pioneer hails from a family of distinguished Black Educators residing in Monroe, Louisiana. Beginning first with her parents Solomon Lee Robinson and Josephine Parks Robinson. You know, it’s puzzling to me as to…
No more automatic water rate increases, promise made and kept
Your water bill may increase next year, but it won’t be automatic. Thanks to the push of Monroe’s Southside delegation the old practice of automatically increasing water rates without any review has ended. In its place, the council will review…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Jane Serepeta Dean
By Garry Blanson Although Jane was born into slavery in Northern Virginia, she never let it keep her from striving to better herself, her immediate family, and her Race! At the end of the American Civil War, schools for Colored…
First 100 Days of Ellis administration was rocky; no Southside respect
The first 100 days of the Ellis administration have been sprinkled with signs of hope but riddled with confrontations between a mayor bent on showing the council that he has the big guns and a well-dug-in council majority bent on…