By Robert Kenneth Wright As voters consider the property tax renewal funding Ouachita Parish Library Services, a longstanding promise remains unfulfilled: addressing the inadequate Carver-McDonald Library serving the Renwick/Booker T. community. Unlike other branches, the Library Board doesn’t even own…
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Lift Ev’ry Voice: The Bigger Picture
By Robert Wright A Speech Given at Louisiana Delta Community College – February 29, 2024 On January 20, 2009, one of the greatest voices to ever strike a tune stepped up to the microphone to an audience of thousands along…
I thought I wouldn’t need college, wrong!
By Robert K. Wright December 2022 marks ten years of being a college-educated man in America. On December 8, 2012, I graduated from the University of Louisiana Monroe with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. Dr. Nick Bruno was…
I was the Teacher of the Year…..Uncertified
School districts should certify their own teachers to answer the shortage On May 27, after eight years of work in the classroom at all levels K-12, I decided to exit the teaching profession. I have been proficient and effective for…
Parents are students’ only hope at getting into college
Extra-curricular programs are nice, but high GPAs and ACT scores must be the target We’re at the halfway point of the 2021-2022 school year. Mid-terms are being taken, scholarship applications are being submitted and preparations have begun for collegiate matriculation.…
My Master’s Degree pursuit was not an easy journey, but I made it
This week, I will have conferred upon me the Master of Arts Degree in History from the University of Louisiana Monroe. It has been a long journey for me as I began my education at the university in 1996. I…
Conway crowned Miss Louisiana
African-American woman to represent Louisiana at Miss America Pageant By: Robert Wright It’s been 18 years since a woman of color has worn the Miss Louisiana crown. That all changed on last Saturday night as Lafayette native Holli’ Conway…