By Garry Blanson Today, in Monroe, Louisiana, it seems that many Black students at schools in our Black Communities do not remember that Howard University was actually the “chosen facility” for training Negro Civil Rights Lawyers. As a matter of…
Category: Editorial
“In God we trust” to be in every classroom, is it hypocrisy?
Louisiana has mandated that all public schools, including Charter Schools, display the motto “In God we trust” in every classroom and on every school building, beginning in 2026. This decision was unanimously approved by the Senate, with only a handful…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Andrew F. Hilyer
By Garry Blanson In a speech given by Malcolm X on January 24, 1964, he said,” When you deal with the past, you’re dealing with history, you’re actually dealing with the origin of a thing. When you know the origin, you…
Politicians shouldn’t give life to the “Three second rule,” it’s killing us
A recent Facebook posting bearing a government logo involving a prominent elected official and a group of schoolchildren shows how quickly children can be influenced by bad ideas without even knowing it. The Facebook post featured a group of children…
Letter: Don’t compare Trump’s case to Quillen
Dear Editor, No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth- Plato. These are my personal comments referring to a couple of articles written in the August 19, 2023, edition of the Free Press: Carroll Coach was sentenced…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Valena C. M. Jones
By Garry Blanson While researching this week’s Black Pioneer, it came to my attention that there used to be “a rule” in Louisiana, and other states that actually “prohibited married women” from teaching in public schools. It didn’t matter how…
Trump indictments help others see what minorities have seen all along
Donald Trump has been indicted four times, but his long string of charges, over 85 in all, are unsettling to many Americans, even many in the African-American community, because they reveal what we have complained about for decades: The power…