Tag: Garry Blanson

By Garry Blanson At the end of my last ORBH article, the members of “The Colored Chamber of Commerce Committee” had just been informed that they would have to come up with “the entire amount of money for a building…

By Garry Blanson Please note that this is part one of a two-part series. Way, way, way before “black citizens” in Monroe, Louisiana even had the money to acquire a building for a library, and when Negroes weren’t allowed entrance…

By Garry Blanson Part Two from last week First, let me welcome everyone back for Part Two of this series! Next, I would like to thank “Lora Peppers,” in the Genealogy Department at the Main Branch of the Ouachita Parish…

By Garry Blanson “The First Annual Negro Zulu Mardi Gras Parade ever held in Monroe” Please Note: This is part of a two-part series. Well, I must admit that as a Black male currently living in the Booker T. Washington…

By Garry Blanson In October of 2025, Facebook finally “began payouts” from the “2022 class action lawsuit” that resulted from the “Cambridge Analytica scandal,” and other privacy violations. In order to have qualified for receiving settlement funds, you must have…

The forgotten colored school the resulted from the split of the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School, “Which would later become Grambling State University” “Those who control the education of Black children control the future of the Black race.” — Phillip…

By Garry Blanson At “700 Rogers Street,” Near Carroll High School, in Monroe, Louisiana My, my, my, oh how time does seem to fly! Well, this week of July 2026 just happens to mark the fourth consecutive year of my…