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Thurgood Marshall was America's leading radical
Thurgood Marshall was America's leading radical. He led a civil rights revolution in the 20th century that forever changed the landscape of American society.
But he is the least well known of the three leading black figures of this century. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Mt. Olive celebrates history with praise
Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Grambling sponsored a black history program on Sunday, Feb. 24. "A Black History Celebration Honoring our Past, Present and Our Future Leaders of America" was the theme for the program.
The guest speaker was Caldwell Dunn, and the guest choir was Zion Hill Baptist Church.…
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Mahalia Jackson viewed as pinnacle of gospel music
The native song bird of Louisiana Mahalia Jackson, was born October 26, 1911 in New Orleans. Mahalia was the third child to John A. Jackson, a barber and preacher, and Charity Clark, who died at the age of 25 when Mahalia was four years old. In 1916, her father sent her to live with her aunt Mahalia "Duke" Paul.…
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Thelma Williams witnessed Grambling history throughout her life
Students, when you hear about Grambling State University, most of the time, you hear about the band, the Orchesis and the football team. But you never really hear things about the people that made it somewhat possible for the things we have now.
Do we all know our Grambling State University? Do we know some of the people who paved the way for us? Maybe we don't, but there is so much to learn.…
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History of GSU's fight song
The Grambling Fight Song Grew out of a class project, where Conrad Hutchinson was a student at Vandercook School of Music in Chicago.
Charles Young, who was band director of Grambling Lab High School, was roommates with Conrad Hutchinson
As a class project, they were instructed to write a fight song.…
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