NEW ORLEANS – A north Louisiana university is investigating two of its students after a video surfaced on a student’s personal Web page depicting several white youths pretending to re-enact a racial beating.The brief, grainy video, posted Tuesday on YouTube.com, was related to the racially charged atmosphere in Jena, a […]
Author: The Associated Press
TB: How do you feel about the Alma J. Brown ‘noose’ photos?
J.B WhiteSophomoreBastropThe situation was so uncalled for I feel like it was a cheap shot on our young Black babies of tomorrow and if those children would have known better, they would have been offended. Omseti SmartJuniorPhiladelphia I felt that it was too extreme for children that age. Quiana SmithSeniorEl […]
Judson says Gregory unaware of rally
According to Grambling State University President Dr. Horace Judson, nobody knew about the Jena Six rally at Alma J. Brown Elementary School except the four teachers who organized it. “The principal was not aware of the rally,” Judson said in a live CNN interview on Tuesday. DeEric M. Henry, editor […]
Forum set for state representative candidates
A political forum featuring candidates for state representative District 11 will be held in Grambling Monday at 6 p.m., in the city’s newly renovated Recreation Center on King Street behind the fire station.The candidates will have an opportunity to present their platforms, after which citizens will be able to ask […]
Racism still alive in America
Racism, prejudice, and unequal treatment has always been sensitive issues in the south, but were reawakened by the charges facing the “Jena Six.” Al Sharpton has called it “the new civil rights movement for the 21st century.”Clearly new minds, bodies, and spirits were touched by this common case of unequal […]
Spent time on GodTube lately?
Can we get an amen? Skeptics said that folks would never give out their credit-card numbers to buy a pair of shoes on the Internet. Others sneered at the prospect of obtaining a college diploma from an online university. With those realities as ho-hum as e-mail, could online churches be […]
Yes, We Can Rise
As a first-time guest columnist, I need to introduce myself. I am an ordained minister of two years. I formerly resided in New Orleans, Louisiana. I was a lifelong resident of 54 years until Hurricane Katrina.I am currently teaching in the Lincoln Parish Public Schools. It is quite rewarding, of […]
Resident Evil: Extinction Disappoints
Although the Resident Evil video game is a very big success, I do believe that the movies have been quite a disappointment. As a major fan of the video game, I truly believe that the scripts to the movie could be better written, or it would be much better following […]
Many protesters complain about Black Panthers
The “Jena 6” movement is an unfortunate event for not only African-Americans, but also the nation as a whole. These events prove that in 2007 we in the USA still cannot be treated equally. The events that occurred in Jena, LA on September 20. 2007 was geared to be an […]
GSU Jena residents sound off
In the woodsy heart of Louisiana lies the small and quaint town named Jena. Knowing that the Jena 6 situation is still in uproar; students who have attended Jena high school says that their home has not, always been about race; but times has clearly changed over the past summer. […]