No Struggle, No Progress
No Struggle, No Progress
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5 years ago, at an annual Police Jury Budget meeting, I discovered that the maintenance and upkeep of the JS Clark Cemetery was the responsibility of the Police Jury. It had no perpetual funds set aside for this feat, so the upkeep was done at a bare minimum. It was the forgotten child and was in deplorable condition. More importantly, it was in my district therefore, it was my responsibility to advocate for a major change. This was my first and one of my most fulfilling projects as a newbie Ju...
(The Reason why 3,000 black Folks were purged from voting) The real reason Ouachita Registrar Mae Lucky illegally wiped away 3,000 legal voters off the polls in 1956 is the same reason the Republican Party wanted to rewrite laws restricting voter rights today. IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTROL! If you can control the vote of the people then you can control the will of the people. The United States had in place the concept of liberty...One vote, one voice. Black People “at that time” stuck together so if they were for you they voted for you . That Black...
Follow me to the Oasis: I was a Police juror for over ten years and one of the prevailing complaints I would always hear was: "There is nothing good happening on the Southside of town". People would speak so disparagingly about Southeast Ouachita always referring to the high crime rate, the poverty, the penal systems located there, the trash...on and on and on. As if there was nothing of any value located below Winnsboro Road. Contrary to popular opinion, I found a wealth of goodness right in...
