By Garry Blanson “You have to know the past to understand the present.” — Carl Sagan In order to better understand why a small clan of white people, the Neville Charter Association, are so adamant about pushing for Neville High…
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Our Rich Black Heritage: The 1969 Desegregation Consent Decree
The historic Jimmy Andrews v. the City of Monroe, Louisiana case that led to the initial enrollment of Black students at Neville High School “Segregation has no place in the American education system.”— Richard Dawkins According to reliable sources, the…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Wharlest Jackson Sr., Former Treasurer of the Natchez, Mississippi Branch of the NAACP
By Garry Blanson “Before Black People Die, We Multiply” – Garry Blanson It saddens me dearly when I think about all of the Black people who were killed at the hands of police in America — those who were innocent…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Burg Jones
By Garry Blanson “The Colored Man Who Once Owned Multiple Properties on Burg Jones Lane as Well as the Land Where Berg Jones Lane Elementary School Was Built in Monroe, Louisiana” If you were to ask most Black people in…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Pythina “Pye” Brown
By Garry Blanson “The education of the Negro has become the perfect device for control (by the American government) from without.” — Carter G. Woodson What if I told you that the very system Black people in Monroe, Louisiana, have…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Dr. Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins
By Garry Blanson A founding member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Candidly, I would like to state for the record that I believe the efforts of the Neville Charter Association to make Neville High School a charter school are…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Zelma C. Wyche, Affectionately Known as “Mr. Civil Rights of Louisiana”
By Garry Blanson Some people in Monroe, Louisiana, love to try and correct me when I talk about the City of Monroe as being two distinct cities. First, you have the White City of Monroe, then you have the Black…
