Tag: Garry Blanson

By Garry Blanson In 1931, Mary L. Booker was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At the age of 24, Mary moved to San Francisco, California. Next, in 1960, she started “Infinity Productions” at the Bayview Opera House (a community theatre).…

At the 1895 annual meeting of The National Baptist Convention (held in St Louis, Missouri) a Black gentleman by the name of Richard Henry Boyd approached Elias C. Morris, who was the president of The National Baptist Convention at the…

By Garry Blanson Please travel back in time with me to the “Historic Happenings” that took place in Monroe, Louisiana during “The Summer of 1964.”   In April 1963, John Reddix (D.D.S.), president of the local NAACP chapter (and  a leading…

By Garry Blanson Nannie H. Burroughs was born on May 2, 1879, in Orange, Virginia, to John and Jennie Burroughs. In 1883, sometime after the passing of one of her sisters and her father. Nannie and her mother moved to…

By Garry Blanson Recently, the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby was held (the winner’s purse for the 2023 Kentucky Derby was “3 million dollars,” the highest purse in Triple Crown racing history). While many Black People have heard about…

By Garry Blanson In the past, Black women have made great contributions to our Black Communities and The Civil Rights Movement. Between 1870-1914, Black women  established many civic clubs, groups, and organizations in America.  One of the women who helped found…

By Garry Blanson In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court case “Plessy v. Ferguson” establishing the principle of “separate but equal” as the law of the land was handed down.  A few months later, “The Dibble Act of 1897″ was passed…