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Podcast: Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home
Episode: Episode 133 Ronald Collins Jr. - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"
Description: This week I get to share a small piece of the great legacy of The Shreveport Sun, which turns 105 later this year. You can find my full discussion with Ronald Collins Jr., the Editor, here.
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Here are the questions I asked:
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0:48 1. On November 6, 1920, The Shreveport Sun was founded by Melvin Lee Collins, Senior. It is the oldest weekly newspaper for African Americans in Louisiana.
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Fast forward to 2025. You are the fourth generation, I believe, running the paper, and the great-grandson of Melvin Collins, the founder. How long hav...