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Diamond Coleman’s arrest for following policy, sends bad message to teachers
Diamond G. Coleman, one of the top teachers at Roy Shelling Elementary, was arrested this week in a scenario she never dreamed was possible. As a child, she dreamed of being a teacher. She never thought that dream could land…
Our Rich Black Heritage: John D. Rockefeller, the General Education Board, and funding for the education of Negro children in the South
By Garry Blanson “Although some individual public schools in Monroe, Louisiana and Ouachita Parish currently have Black principals and even a Black Monroe City School Superintendent of Education, the majority of the chief administrators who serve on the Louisiana State…
School “Teacher of Month” arrested for student fight she contained, but did not stop
On the same day that a well-known teacher was announced “Teacher of the Month,” at her school, police officers cuffed her and forever tagged her as a criminal because of a student fight that she did not stop. Diamond G.…
TSU students boast 51 percent student honors, trending upwards
Student success at Texas Southern University continues to accelerate, with measurable improvements in persistence, progression, and academic achievement over the past two academic years. In Fall 2025, full-time (FT) undergraduate enrollment reached 6,366 students, and 51 percent of the FT…
Snaps of the City
Between February 19 and February 25, 2026, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Birthdays February 26th – March 4th
February 26–Kimberly Brown, Jennifer Elliott, Miranda Gaddis, Roderick Goldsmith, Willie Lawrence, III, Robert McNeal, Andrea Sheridan, Pamela White, Lottie Mae Woods, Thurston Jackson, Tacist and Tevin Crane, Louisa Bowie, Mario Gilbert, Fumeka Addison, Sederick Reed, Rev. Louis Boatner, Derrick English,…