By Garry Blanson In Late November of 2023, at a Baton Rouge press conference, Republican Jay Dardenne, who was then the Commissioner of Administration in Governor John Bel Edwards administration, stated that he was “PRETTY SURE” that Governor Elect Jeff…
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Our Rich Black Heritage: Virginia Estelle Randolph
By Garry Blanson While doing recent research online concerning the ACT TEST, I found 2 surprising things! First, I found out that fewer and fewer high school students are taking the ACT Test, and Secondly, more and more 4 year…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Chester Arthur Franklin
By Garry Blanson By the time this article goes to press, a federal three-judge panel may have already ruled on whether Louisiana’s new congressional map that created a second Black district will stand or not! Well, for the past 2…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Dorothy Alice Willis Newman
By Garry Blanson A popular topic these days just happens to also be an item that the Louisiana House of Representatives is grappling over. The item has to do with whether or not to let students attend private schools using…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Theodora Fonteneau Rutherford
By Garry Blanson Well, we won The High School Championships, but We Lost The Election” – Garry O Blanson The quote above is in reference to the two high school basketball State Championships recently won by Wossman High School girls…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Atty. Buck Colbert Franklin
By Garry Blanson “Any time you throw your weight behind a political party that controls “TWO-THIRDS” of the government and that party can’t keep “THE PROMISE” that it made to you during election time and you’re dumb enough to walk…
Our Rich Black Heritage: The Colored Chamber of Commerce of Monroe
By Garry Blanson Well, as I was researching online, I came across information about a forgotten group of pioneering Colored People. What was so surprising about them is that they lived in Monroe, Louisiana! I learned that the group started…
