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Percy “Master P” Miller announced he will open a Black-owned grocery store in his hometown of New Orleans after local leaders called for a boycott of Rouses Markets last month. Miller has instead partnered with the grocery food chain in an effort to get more merchandise of Black-owned businesses inside the store.
“A lot of people are angry and upset about what’s going on, and I felt like when you have an issue, people need to get together and speak about it and talk about it,” Miller told Atlanta Black Star.
Local leaders began to boycott the store after Rouses co-owner and board member Donald Rouse Sr. attended the “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection. A photo of Rouse was posted on social media at the rally that upset many people.
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We have been learning about the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic from its origins in Kansas; to its spread across the nation, aided by the movement of troops during WWI; to its mutation into a more deadly form over the summer; to its reaching our region in the fall of 1918.
The Lyon County News-Messenger first reported regional influenza cases in short, human interest entries called “Lyon County News-Notes” from contributors in townships and smaller towns as well as “Local Gossip” entries from Marshall. These local news briefs revealed widespread influenza cases by early October 1918.
Marshall’s “Local Gossip” section in the Oct. 11 edition reported multiple influenza cases, but ended with the reassuring words, “Marshall physicians report that the trouble is well in hand.” The situation was anything but “well in hand.”
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Show Transcript A ROLE. GINA: NEW ORLEANS NATIVE AND HIP HOP MOGUL MASTER P IS LOOKING TO OPEN A GROCERY STORE IN THE CITY. HE SAID AFTER THE FALLOUT WITH ROUSES THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO OWN AND OPERATE GROCERY STORES. BY DOING THIS, MASTER P SAID MORE FAMILIES WOULD GET FED AND THERE WOULD BE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, TOO. HE ALSO SAID IT WOULD ADD SOME BALANCE AND DIVERSITY TO NEW ORLEANS. I’M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO BUY IT FROM THESE PLACES, IT SHOULD BE A NATIONAL BUSINESS WHERE WHITES, ASIANS, LATINOS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN COME, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE I