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Our Rich Black Heritage: Samuel B. Fuller

August 18, 2022August 25, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Submissions

By Garry Blanson The Accomplishments of our Black ancestors should be and are very important to the older generation of Blacks living today (and to the younger generation as well). Back in 1905, when Samuel B. Fuller was born in…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Mary Ellen Pleasant

August 11, 2022August 18, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Submissions

By Garry Blanson There’s an old saying that I learned from my Personal Development Studies; it says,”Change your plan, but not your goal.” Whenever I think about The Underground Railroad, my mind almost instantly thinks of Harriet Tubman. Well, by…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Anthony Overton, II

August 4, 2022August 11, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson It perplexes me that there was very little mention of successful Negro Businessmen when I attended school. Nevertheless, within the past 5-10 years, I have discovered that there were several. One of the most successful of the…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Mrs. Ella Baker

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson When we examine the problems of today, it’s good to go back and take a look at the problems of the past, which just happen to also be problems of today! During the early 1900s,”Mrs Ella Baker,”…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Marcus Garvey

July 20, 2022September 25, 2023 Free PressOpinions

Welcome back, dear readers. This Week’s article is about Marcus Mosiah Garvey. In the early 1920s, the most famous and feared black man in America was Marcus Garvey. At giant rallies, he demanded an end to the racial violence, poverty,…

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Our Rich Black Heritage

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson Maya Angelou once said, “You Can’t Really Know Where You Are Going, Until You Know Where You Have Been.” Therefore, We Are going to go back and visit some of the People and Events of “OUR RICH…

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Birthdays
-- Celebrating Birthdays Today: Theidia Breaux, Melonie Secrease, Tillman Givens, Jr., Cassandra Johnson, John Coleman, III, Katrina Ruff, Bennie Glover, Crystal Colston, Gary Abrams, Lawrencia Sims, Marlow Moore, Johnny Pookie Collins, Joyce Ann Pimpton, Shelton Matthews, Sr., LaQuentin Williams, Jamie N. Louis. (9)
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--- This week in 1974 Mr. James Brown gave a 12-minute acceptance to the welcome at a local church program. See Clipping. (52)
--- This week in 1974 Lavern Jones made the news with a "Kissing your mother-in-law" acceptance speech. Clipping and Photo. (52)
On this day in 2009, Ahvery Thomas was crowned Miss Grambling State University. (17)
On this day in 2015, Joiya Smith was crowned Miss Grambling State University. (11)

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Our Rich Black Heritage: “Held down by Louisiana Law!”

By Garry Blanson The White Louisiana Bourbon Democrats, the 1898 Louisiana State…

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Our Democracy needs committed people now more than ever

By Marie Brown The importance of strengthening the Ouachita Democratic Party Executive…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: The Forgotten Negro Organizers of “The First Official Monroe Chapter of The NAACP”

By Garry Blanson As Black citizens in Monroe, Louisiana, eagerly await the…

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