StrutLA Modeling Troupe was scheduled to showcase a show called “Modern Chains” Thursday but it might not take place or be postponed. “Canceling the show is the very last option. I don’t want to postpone the show because we have designers that are already scheduled to come down here that […]
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Fox’s ‘Empire’ returns for second sizzling season
Empire is a fan favorite drama television series that airs on Fox. Fans all over the United States anticipated on the season premiere this past week. The series was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong and was inspired by James Goldman’s play “The Lion in Winter.” Empire is about […]
Grambling’s own historic women
NOTE: Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when the week beginning March 7, 1982 was designated as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987, the month […]
In Commemoration of Woman’s History Month
(NOTE: The Gramblinite conducted several interviews with the daughters of Charles P. Adams over the years prior to their deaths. This article contains information from some of those interviews.) Say the name Charles P. Adams in Grambling and everyone knows who he is. Those old enough can probably name […]
Women of the Week
Condoleezza “Condi” Rice was born on November 14, 1954, and is the only child of Angelena and John Rice Jr. Throughout her childhood she participated in several different activities like piano, figure skating, music classes, and she even learned how to speak French fluently. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice […]
Did you know?
On May 5, 1809, Mary Dixon Kies received the first U.S. patent issued to a woman for inventing a process for weaving straw with silk or thread. Before then, most women inventors didn’t bother to patent their new inventions because they couldn’t legally own property independent of their husbands. […]
Derrick ‘The Great’
ldquo;Always be me. Why change?” is the reason rapper Derrick Johnson decided not to go a different route when it comes to choosing his stage name. Johnson, who goes by Lil Derrick or Lil Derrick The Great as his rap name, is a senior mass communication major with four different […]
Women’s History Month
Madame C.J. Walker (Then) Madame C.J. Walker Madame C. J. Walker was a civil rights activist, philanthropist, entrepreneur and feminist. She was born as Sarah Breedlove on Dec. 23, 1867. Walker had a hard life growing up and was forced to move around and work […]
Natural is the way!
Big Afros and Marley Hair were on display at The Natural Sistas Club 4th Annual Natural Hair Show in the Black and Gold Room on March 3. “The Freak Show” showcased not only models but fire dancers, Orchesis dancers, a magic show and musical artists. This event not only […]
F.L. Sandle Theater final play of season takes us even higher
For Black History Month, the Grambling State University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presented The Mountaintop, directed by Karl V. Norman. 'The Mountaintop' is final play for the spring season. This play was full of thoughts that moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on that catastrophic last […]