The Southern Truth
Colonel Vaughan Witten Making International Moves with Two Books On Display at the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse in Germany
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief Colonel Vaughan Witten has risen from a small West Virginia coal mining village of Anawalt with a population of approximately 2000 people in McDowell County to become one of the most prolific authors whose books, “Learned Helplessness: The Poison Pill Threat to Black America” and “The Journey:Appalachia To…
Read MoreParent Action Coalition for Education: How Education Impacted and Influenced Famous Black People Lives?
The Southern Truth Parent Action Coalition for Education: How Education Impacted and Influenced Famous Black People Lives? Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief Parent Action Coalition for Education (PACE) focus on educating youth and young adults through mentoring, training and preparing them for life-skills and what better way to educate than to show by examples of excellence in…
Read MoreDr. Zuurveen Terminates School Board Candidacy To Continue Being an Independent Voice for the Black Community In Critical Times Like These
As a woman of God who was raised by strong Black men and women in the thickets of Senatobia, Mississippi and was brought up in the home, the church, and the school which was a safe haven for me as I not only learned the three Rs, but also about a village of people who…
Read MoreMarilyn Sessom: My Mentor and My Friend, Celebrates 70th Birthday
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief Marilyn Sessom celebrated her 70th birthday not long ago and I was on the scene. I had been scheduled to attend a conference in Nashville, Tennessee for the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and my first cousin Vedia Brunt said Marilyn was having her 70th birthday party and…
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First Black Chair of Tennessee Democratic Party, Hendrell Remus, Seems To Put Party Over People In South Memphis
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief You know, I didn’t know Hendrell Remus at all. I didn’t know he existed until one of his neighbors who still lives in South Memphis mentioned how bad the property across the street from her is being kept. She said that it was so bad that her…
Read MoreLord Have Mercy, What Is Going On? Homelessness Is Now Relegated to Mental Illness Instead Of Government Neglect
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief While reading the Google news the other day I read where governor Newsom is hard at play. Yes, he is hard at play with signing bills without delay. One of the bills he signed the other day according to a report from abcnews.com, “More Californians with untreated mental…
Read MoreLeigh Ann Darby, Senatobia, Mississippi Attorney and Republican Candidate for Supervisor, Could Have Stopped 10 Year Old from Being Arrested, Going To Jail for Peeing On Her Private Property
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief Last month on August 10, 2023, a little Black boy, Quantavious Eason, had to pee. He had to go and while his mother was visiting in Leigh Ann Darby’s law office in Senatobia, Mississippi, my hometown, he didn’t go inside he went behind his mother’s car instead.…
Read MoreMy Reflections on the State of Black Los Angeles
By Dr. Rosie Milligan I want to start by expressing my weariness regarding the continuous reports on the state of Black America. It seems that year after year, these reports surface without any discernible progress from the previous ones. Additionally, I find myself perplexed by the frequent mention of “Black and Brown” when discussing…
Read MoreNewsom Backpedaling On Promises To Black Women for Senate Seat & Black Reparations
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief “Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes.” Amos 2:6 My, my, it looks like our good Governor Gavin Newsom is…
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