Why is it important to celebrate founders? It is important to celebrate founders because it gives significant people reorganization and honor for what they have accomplished for us today. Founders are ordinary people who have felt as though some type of organization, or discoveries should be made to help […]
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Opening ceremony
The laying of the wreath at the bust of founder Charles P. Adams officially kicks of the Founder’s Week observance Monday morning. Sharing wreath duties are Steven Wilson, Student Government Association president, Miss GSU 2019-2020 Rickinzie Johnikin, and Grambling State President Rick Gallot. The Gramblinite will cover all the Founder’s […]
Know Your History
How well do you know the history of Grambling State University? Below is a quiz you can take to test your knowledge. Questions range from extremely easy to some only a true GSU historian will know. Take it first off the top of your head, going for what you know; […]
In Their Own Words
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Woman on a mission
From her childhood growing up in Grambling until her death in 2000, Wilkerson stayed connected to her hometown and alma mater. Courtesy photo Courtesy photo State Rep. Pinkie Wilkerson (second from left) was involved in her community. Here she is with then Gov. Mike Foster (center) as he recognizes Grambling […]
Tiny dynamo blazed a trail
Bessie McKinney was named an honorary captain of the football team because of her longtime commitment to Grambling athletics. GSU and NFL great Doug Williams presents her with a signed football. Courtesy photo McKinney (left), who attended Tuskegee Institute on a track scholarship, stands with the track team circa 1948. […]
Olympian was product of an HBCU
Wilma Rudolph won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics, and in the 1960 games, she won three golds. She attended Tennessee State University. theolympians.co The child who doctors said would never be able to walk became an Olympic track star and world-record-holding sprinter. Wilma Gloden Rudolph born June 23, […]
In Their Own Words
A woman that I would like to see honored during WHM is Ms. [Sharon] Perkins, because one she is a very influential person on the campus and she also is always looking out for the students. With the many things she plans with FSUB, although she is an adult figure […]
Give them the recognition they deserve
Chisolm March 1-31 we highlight and celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and in contemporary times. When asked “What women in history do you think has not received the recognition she deserves and why?” junior Johnathon Thibodeaux, a political science major, believes that Shirley Chisholm, an American […]
Celebrating all women
The public celebration of women’s history in the United States began in 1978 as “Women’s History Week” in Sonoma County, California. The week, including March 8, which was International Women’s Day, was selected. In 1981, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) co-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming […]