Tag: Garry Blanson

By Garry Blanson Well, it comes as no surprise that when you poll 100 Black People about the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and President John F. Kennedy, the only two things that everyone can agree on…

By Garry Blanson It’s strange how so many of the accomplishments & achievements that were achieved by Black People during the “RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD” and the early 1900s in America were deliberately not included in any of the history books at…

By Garry Blanson During a recent conversation, a friend of mine alerted me of two “NEGRO CLASSIC” books written by a Black man named Edward Franklin Frazier. The first book is, “The Negro Family In The United States,” and the…

By Garry Blanson In a recent conversation, it was again brought to my attention as to how “more and more” of our “Black Youth” in Monroe, Louisiana are getting caught up in the city & Ouachita Parish court system. Also,…

By Garry Blanson Jim Rohn once said, “If we ignore the lessons of the past, from whatever the source, then we may become victims of the process of trial and error.” You see, there are many lessons to be learned…

By Garry Blanson Recently, I heard a story about a school teacher who wanted to emphasize a point about “VOTING” to her students. However, instead of browbeating them, she simply wrote a question on the chalkboard. The question she wrote…

By Garry Blanson Caroline was born on November 1, 1848, in the “FREE STATE” territory of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father, “William Still,” was a wealthy Negro businessman, philanthropist, and abolitionist. He did his best to instill in her consciousness a…