Tag: Garry Blanson

By Garry Blanson What system replaced the “PEONAGE SYSTEM” in America? For those who aren’t familiar with what the Peonage System was, it was a system where former slaves were forced to pay off a debt through physical labor. Soon…

By Garry Blanson While I was lying down, it was brought to my remembrance that there was a book “Published in 1930” by the Douglas Loan Company Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, titled, “Who’s Who in Colored Louisiana.” By the…

By Garry Blanson “Oh Susanna, don’t you cry for me ; for I come from Louisiana where the Louisiana Legislators and Government Politicians are unscrupulous as can be!” Well, I don’t know about the rest of the people in Louisiana,…

By Garry Blanson On the heels of thousands of Black People in Monroe, Louisiana celebrating “JUNETEENTH DAY,” a senior reporter for the Louisiana Illuminator by the name of Julie O’Donoghue, which is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization, published an…

By Garry Blanson We know today that there are flaws, so why can’t we correct the flaws before we adopt the new policy?”- Louis Voiron Jr., Iberville Parish Schools Superintendent Although many Black People in Monroe, Louisiana have long forgotten…

By Garry Blanson About 60 years ago, a horrible event occurred in Knoxville, Tennessee, under the auspices of the Knoxville City Council. Back at that time, the city council introduced an Urban Renewal Program that led to the “leveling and…

By Garry Blanson As I thought about the bills that Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana State Congress are passing, my mind got me thinking about the C.O.R.E. (The Congress of Racial Equality) Organization. The C.O.R.E. Organization was founded in…