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Our Rich Black Heritage: Rebecca Lee Crumpler

January 18, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson During my recent research into Black History, I found some interesting information about a Black female doctor named “Rebecca Lee Crumpler.” She was born on February 8, 1831, in Christiana, Delaware. While tagging along with and watching…

Garry Blanson

Our Rich Black Heritage: Philip Anthony Payton, Jr.

January 12, 2023January 19, 2023 Free PressOpinions

It has been reported that back in 1920, Harlem, New York was a pleasant haven, a place of self-discovery, cultural awareness, and political activism for Negroes. With all that said, I would like to provide you with some information about…

Garry Blanson

Our Rich Black Heritage: Annie M.T. Malone

December 21, 2022January 12, 2023 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson  Annie was born on August 9, 1869, on a farm in Massac County, Illinois (two years after Madam C.J. Walker), near Metropolis, Illinois. After her father left the family to fight for the Union Army in the…

Garry Blanson

Our Rich Black Heritage: James Edward Shepard 

December 15, 2022December 22, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson “So our people not only have to be re-educated to the importance of supporting Black businesses, but the Black man himself has to be made aware of the importance of going into business! And once you and…

Garry Blanson

Our Rich Black Heritage: Frederick McKinley Jones

December 8, 2022December 15, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson The next time you open your refrigerator, you can say thank you to Frederick McKinley Jones. He was born on May 17, 1893, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother was Black, and his father was White. His family…

Garry Blanson

Our Rich Black Heritage: Harriet Robinson Scott

December 1, 2022December 8, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson Every year during Black History Month, much is said about Harriet Tubman and how she helped slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Well, while researching, I came across another “Harriet” who many Black People have…

Garry Blanson

I thought I wouldn’t need college, wrong!

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Robert Wright

By Robert K. Wright December 2022 marks ten years of being a college-educated man in America. On December 8, 2012, I graduated from the University of Louisiana Monroe with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. Dr. Nick Bruno was…

Robert Wright

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Part two of the humble beginnings of the Carver-McDonald Branch Library

By Garry Blanson At the end of my last ORBH article, the…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: The Humble Beginnings Of The Carver-McDonald Library, In Monroe, Louisiana

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