There’s a plan afoot to revive the old black business district along Desiard Street, but unless a few enterprising Black businessmen move quickly, black entrepreneurs may be left out of the picture altogether. Beginning in the early 1920’s…
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Local officials often ignore, violate or hide behind open meetings law
Recently, several African-American elected officials hosted a public forum by Zoom to discuss issues relating to the Southside Economic Development District. However, one Southside city council member did not attend the online (Zoom) meeting and gave the open meetings law…
Rebel Mascot as West Monroe High tags new generation of graduates as racists
West Monroe High School has produced a new generation of alumni, who seemed to be proud of their school, but they are ashamed of its symbol, the Rebel. Tuesday night, a 2018 West Monroe graduate Dalia El-Giar, presented the Ouachita…
City schools can’t dodge pre-school issue another year
The Monroe City Schools is facing a dilemma that it knows exists, but has offered a solution; an increasing number of its students are being moved through the system without being able to read sufficiently. The fact that it is…
Berry’s record of taking bribes, selling out; bad school board choice
On January 19, 2021, the Monroe City School Board elected Darryl Berry as its president in a controversial vote questioned by most Black community leaders. During the election, which was streamed live on YouTube, the public was allowed to comment…
City King Day awards still political, looks like Mayo 2.0
When mayor Oliver Ellis was elected as mayor of Monroe last year, one of the things he promised was to end the city’s practice of politicizing the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. Instead of ending the practice, the Ellis administration…
“Day of Service” on King Day should substitute for serious focus in King ideals
Monday, the nation will celebrate the birth and commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hopefully in ways that will tell his story as a new generation learns about the ideals of the dream. It should be a…