Rev. Ambrose Douzart, President of the Ouachita/Monroe Chapter of the NAACP, has announced his resignation effective September 30, 2024, concluding eight years of leadership amid a mix of accomplishments and recent controversy. In a heartfelt letter addressed to chapter members,…
NAACP officials are investigating yet another complaint by a female attendant at Swanson’s Correctional center after a woman complained of being threatened and assaulted by youthful inmates in the same unit on three different occasions. Ambrose Douzart, President of the…
Daryll Berry has been named President of the Monroe City School Board in a controversial vote that the NAACP says does not reflect the interest of the students of the system. Berry, who was nominated and supported by the Board’s…
Ambrose Douzart has been elected for another two-year term as president of the Ouachita Parish Branch of the NAACP. New branch officers were sworn in Tuesday by 4th District Judge Larry Jefferson on the steps of the Ouachita Parish Court…
Rev. Rodney McFarland and the Monroe City School refused to hear what the NAACP had to say about dropping federal oversight over city schools, but the U.S. Justice Department was all ears. Before they met with the judge on Tuesday, they…
“We were disappointed with the disrespect shown to us.” Those were the words of NAACP president Rev. Ambrose Douzart after School board president Rodney McFarland reportedly delivered on a promise to embarrass the NAACP at Wednesday night’s school board meeting.…
Rev. Rodney McFarland, Superintendent Brent Vidrine and the Monroe City School Board say the city schools can be trusted to act fairly and does not need the Federal Courts to watchdog them, however, the local NAACP is planning to take…
