Last week, a single arrest record from 1970 resurfaced, to shed light on a largely forgotten chapter of Monroe’s civil rights history. The revelation came two weeks ago when Roosevelt Wright Jr., publisher of the Free Press, and former Civil…
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Monroe Blacks turned King around when he came to Monroe
Martin Luther King was scheduled to speak to a NAACP rally about voting rights in Monroe, but a group of Black leaders in Monroe turned him around in 1965. In March of 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. was…
Funeral services set for Larry Neal
Funeral services for Larry “Snuff” Neal will be held Tuesday, June 20th at the New Tabernacle Baptist Church. Neal died Thursday after a brief illness. The memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. at Tabernacle with Robert Allen Tanzy,…