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…
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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…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Martha E. L. Haynes
By Garry Blanson Come, listen all you gals and boys, Ise just from Tuckyhoe ; I’m goin’ to sing a little song, My name’s Jim Crow.” Those words are part of a song called,”Jump Jim Crow” made famous by a…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy
By Garry Blanson One of the things I like about this week’s Black Pioneer is that he was born on the same date as me, March 11. Besides that, he worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Roscoe C. Simmons
By Garry Blanson During my recent research, I found out that during the “RECONSTRUCTION ERA,” the Colored Men in the South who were loyal members of the Republican Party were called “The Black and Tan Faction” of the Republican Party.…