By Garry Blanson “If there is no struggle, there is no progress” – Frederick Douglass Just in case you missed it, this past Friday, February 28, 2025, which was the final day of Black History Month, a call went out…
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Our Rich Black Heritage: The Forgotten 1953 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bus Boycott
By Garry Blanson While many Black Youth in Monroe, Louisiana are familiar with the famous Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott that was called for by Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black Leaders on December 5, 1955, the Monday after a…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Luther P. Jackson
By Garry Blanson As Black History Month for February 2025 heads along pass the halfway point, I would like to mention two significant things that have taken place thus far in Louisiana, during the current Black History Month. The first…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History Month”
By Garry Blanson Since it happens to be “BLACK HISTORY MONTH,” I thought it would be fitting to inform everyone about the Black man who is widely known as “THE FATHER of BLACK HISTORY MONTH” that arose from the celebration…
Our Rich Black Heritage: “National Negro Health Week” – Black America’s Longest Recorded Health Movement, between 1915 – 1951
By Garry Blanson “A People without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots!” -Marcus Mosiah Garvey. It would be remiss to speak about The celebration of “BLACK HISTORY MONTH” in America without mentioning…
Our Rich Black Heritage: The 1965 Landmark Desegregation Court Case that led to The Desegregation of Neville High School
By Garry Blanson Instead of entertaining President Trump’s insane antics and his recent revoking of President Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, which was signed into law in 1965, I thought that I would highlight the 1965 Landmark Desegregation Court Case,…
Our Rich Black Heritage: William G. Brown – “Louisiana’s First Colored Louisiana State Superintendent of Education”
By Garry Blanson Why is it that most Black People in Louisiana think that “DESEGREGATION” in Louisiana Public Schools originally began in the 1960s? Also, why is it that most Black People in Louisiana aren’t aware that from 1872 –…