Category: Opinions

By Garry Blanson Part Two of a Two-Part Series. Although, Maryland Brooks had customers in Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, his home was located here in Monroe, Louisiana, and his address was listed as 2305 Breard Street. Out of curiosity, I…

By Garry Blanson Part One of a Two-Part Series As I was researching the other day, I ran across an old article that mentioned that there was once “A LAW or RULE” that strongly prohibited Colored People in Ouachita Parish…

By Garry Blanson “When it comes to learning things, I have found that it’s not so important that you know everything, just so long as you know and remember that you have the power to learn anything” -Garry O. Blanson…

By Garry Blanson Part Two of a Two-Part series  Well, hopefully some of you all who read my last week’s “OUR RICH BLACK HERITAGE” article went online and found out that Leland opened “in 1870,” in New Orleans, Louisiana, as…

By Garry Blanson Part One of a Two-Part part series Today, when most people talk about Historical Black Colleges (HBCUs) & Universities in Louisiana, they are quick to mention Grambling & Southern. Well, there was a Black University that came…

By Garry Blanson “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept” – Angela Davis It was a grand ‘ole affair, the President of Grambling University and the Carroll High School…

By Garry Blanson “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana It appears that along with the resurgence of Jim Crow Laws in Louisiana, certain groups around Louisiana are returning to the practice of using…