By Garry Blanson When Black Civil Rights Marchers were attacked during the first “March On Selma,” at the hospitals that the injured were taken to was the “BURWELL INFIRMARY.” One of the things that was special about the Burwell Infirmary…
Category: Editorial
Why Boycott the Essence Festival? NAACP travel advisory is ill advised
The NAACP has issued a travel advisory for Louisiana, urging Blacks to exercise caution when visiting the state because of its discriminatory laws and policies. That means the NAACP wants the Essence Festival in New Orleans to fail. That’s ironic…
Church after COVID should retool and prepare for the Metaverse
COVID-19 changed black churches forever; some are desperately trying to return to the world that was, while others are bravely entering new and untested territory. A 2021 report in the Washington Post entitled “Churches are changing because of the Corona…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Mary L. Booker
By Garry Blanson In 1931, Mary L. Booker was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At the age of 24, Mary moved to San Francisco, California. Next, in 1960, she started “Infinity Productions” at the Bayview Opera House (a community theatre).…
Let’s celebrate Juneteenth and Black fatherhood at the same time
Since Juneteenth became a National Holiday in 2021, it has presented a challenge to event planners because Juneteenth celebrations, for the most part, tend to overshadow already diminished Father’s Day celebrations. We need every opportunity we can get to salute…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Richard Henry Boyd
At the 1895 annual meeting of The National Baptist Convention (held in St Louis, Missouri) a Black gentleman by the name of Richard Henry Boyd approached Elias C. Morris, who was the president of The National Baptist Convention at the…
Our Rich Black Heritage: C.O.R.E in Monroe
By Garry Blanson Please travel back in time with me to the “Historic Happenings” that took place in Monroe, Louisiana during “The Summer of 1964.” In April 1963, John Reddix (D.D.S.), president of the local NAACP chapter (and a leading…