Baldwin There are endless numbers of African American authors, poets, playwrights, and novelists who have blessed the world with their literary works. One such writer was James Baldwin, who wrote plentiful essays, novels and poems during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Born In Harlem, New York, on Aug. 2, […]
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Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa race riot
What the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood, widely known as the Black Wall Street, looked like before and after the events of May 30-June 1, 1921. Oklahoma Historical Society/Courtesy photo Newspaper coverage following the destruction of what The Tulsa World called “Little Africa”. Estimates of the number of dead ranged […]
HBCU students play pivotal role
Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond enrolled as freshmen at North Carolina A&T University in the fall of 1959. By Feb. 2, 1960, the photo of the four young men sitting at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, appeared in newspapers across the country. […]
Are you going to vote in the midterms?
Name: Jeffrey Harris, II Hometown: Houston,Texas Major: English Are you planning on voting?: Yes. Why?: I think that it’s going to be a great outcome a great turnout the midterm election I think that it’s going to be a great outcome a great turnout being that I was one of the people who […]
Criminal Justice Department to move into former Alma J. Brown Elementary building
The former Lincoln Prep Elementary School will house the criminal justice department. The former Lincoln Preparatory Elementary School building, originally known as the Alma J. Brown Elementary School, will be the new academic center for the Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal justice is the most popular major for students at […]
Students at GSU get breast cancer education
Jalissa Purnell, a junior management and accounting major from Chicago (left), speaks with Dr. Trixie Thompson, founder and CEO of More Than Conquerors (right). October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and each year health professionals in the United States rally to bring awareness to an international health issue that affects […]
Alumnae Chapter of DST hosts political forums
(L-R) JaVonte Mims, Adrian Consonery and Sha’Myron Morrison engaging in the election discussion. Grambling voters were recently offered the opportunity to speak to candidates up for election on Nov. 6 in two forums sponsored by community organizations. The Grambling Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. in partnership with Greater […]
INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Casey Henry
My name is Casey Henry, and I am a senior majoring in marketing and computer information systems here at GSU. I was blessed with a summer internship at Faith and Hope Behavioral Health in Monroe, La. My role there was to assist in facilitating the recruitment, intake, duration and discharge […]
INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Alician Clark
My name is Alician Clark, and I am a senior majoring in accounting here at Grambling State University. I am a native of Bossier City, La., and this summer, I had the privilege to intern with Ernst & Young in the risk advisory practice. My internship was based in New […]
INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Deja Harrison
I am Deja Harrison, 20, a sophomore and mass communications major. This summer, I did an internship with Fox 23 Sports in Hattiesburg, Miss., in July. My mentor was Corey Howard a 2015 graduate of Grambling State University. Howard currently works for Fox 23 WHPM. He took me to do […]