The Black community may have missed its chance to have a second representative on the Ouachita Parish School Board, we dropped the ball, and now two white candidates are campaigning to represent a newly formed Black majority district …
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Our Rich Black Heritage: Lydia Hamilton Smith
By Garry Blanson Lydia Hamilton was born at Russell Tavern in Adams County, Pennsylvania. She was the widow of a Gettysburg Negro barber named Jacob Smith, who died in 1852; by whom she had two children. Since she had an…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Samuel B. Fuller
By Garry Blanson The Accomplishments of our Black ancestors should be and are very important to the older generation of Blacks living today (and to the younger generation as well). Back in 1905, when Samuel B. Fuller was born in…
Brumley’s right, A and B high schools should not have Fs in academics
Should schools with poor academics and ACT scores receive school grades of A? The State Superintendent of schools says, “No” and we agree. Superintendent Cade Brumley says that most of the schools in the State have rankings of A and…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Mary Ellen Pleasant
By Garry Blanson There’s an old saying that I learned from my Personal Development Studies; it says,”Change your plan, but not your goal.” Whenever I think about The Underground Railroad, my mind almost instantly thinks of Harriet Tubman. Well, by…
Did COVID kill in-person Sunday School in African-American churches?
Whatever happened to Sunday School? For that matter, youth Bible Studies altogether.During the Covid epidemic, churches struggled to keep their congregations together using technology. However, most of those Zoom meetings, Facebook broadcasts, and conference calls were aimed at adults.The casualties…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Anthony Overton, II
By Garry Blanson It perplexes me that there was very little mention of successful Negro Businessmen when I attended school. Nevertheless, within the past 5-10 years, I have discovered that there were several. One of the most successful of the…