By Garry Blanson “Mary Jane Harper cried last night!” In case you were wondering who Mary Jane Harper is, and why you should care about her crying last night, she was a child character in a 1977 television movie which…
Category: Editorial
Legislative Black Caucus, watchdogs several bills on our behalf
As the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature moves toward its midway point, the halls of the State Capitol in Baton Rouge are, as usual, crowded with lobbyists, special interest groups, and partisan power players. In such an environment,…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Henry Demas
By Garry Blanson A Former Slave and One of the Founders of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana During my regular research activity online, I came across an article about a lawsuit against the NASCAR association that included former NBA…
Our City, Our Community
By Marie Brown As residents of the City of Monroe, do you feel that our city is a good place to live? I’m sure there are a multitude of responses from some who have lived here their entire lives. The other…
We owe them more than a sign
By Robert K. Wright Every weekday morning, I face nine-year-olds who don’t know the alphabet—not for lack of potential, but because their inheritance was spent before they arrived. Meanwhile, we gather on Saturdays with signs, demanding seats at tables we…
Should Blacks take advantage of free “Trump accounts”
If you have a child that was born between January 1, 2025, and December 2028, should you turn down free money for your kid, because you don’t like the name on the account? For many in the Black community, the…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Antoine Overton, aka Anthony Overton Sr.
By Garry Blanson The Colored Man rumored to have purchased the land where the “Wisner School” was built in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1866 “We are born into this world; we graduate from school; but we transition to the hereafter!”…