Category: Opinions

By Gary Blanson As you all know by now, this past weekend, many of the local colleges held their graduation ceremonies, and students received their college degrees. As I thought about the graduations, my mind began pondering this question: In…

By Gary Blanson The Negro essayist, novelist, and playwright James Baldwin once said, “Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.” As we’re about to exit 2023…

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…